Re: Latest upstream versions of files
Le Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 02:50:39PM +1000, Ben Finney a écrit :
>
> The Best Practices chapter of the Developer's Reference suggests
> <URL:http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/ch-best-pkging-practices.en.html#s-repackagedorigtargz>:
>
> 6.7.8.2 Repackaged upstream source
>
> You should upload packages with a pristine source tarball if
> possible, but there are various reasons why it might not be
> possible. This is the case if upstream does not distribute the
> source as gzipped tar at all [???]
>
> In these cases the developer must construct a suitable
> .orig.tar.gz file himself.
>
> There is no suggestion for the best way to make this happen, though.
Dear Ben,
the Policy gives more hints:
get-orig-source (optional)
This target fetches the most recent version of the original source
package from a canonical archive site (via FTP or WWW, for example),
does any necessary rearrangement to turn it into the original source tar
file format described below, and leaves it in the current directory.
This target may be invoked in any directory, and should take care to
clean up any temporary files it may have left.
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-source.html#s-debianrules
Have a nice day,
--
Charles Plessy
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan
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