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Re: Can packaging be based on upstream git tags without CPAN tarballs?



Hello,

On Mon 17 Feb 2020 at 03:34PM +01, Alex Muntada wrote:

> Hi Sean,
>
>> Basing the packaging on the upstream tag, not the CPAN
>> distribution, turned out not to be difficult, and I prefer
>> how the packaging does not contain generated files like
>> Makefile.PL and Makefile.
>
> Do you think that it'd be worth explaining your approach in our
> Packaging and Git Guide?
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/perl-team/perl-team.pages.debian.net/blob/master/git.pod
>
> Even if we don't encourage it by default, maybe it makes more
> sense in some cases and therefore it'd be nice to have it
> documented in our guide.
>
> If you have some rough notes, I can convert them to POD and add
> them to gid.pod.

Yes, I'll look into this.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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