On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 06:52:27AM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > According to codesearch.d.n, get-orig-source is implemented by less than > 3000 source packages. This is not very low, but neither a high adoption > rate. It certainly makes using get-orig-source somewhat useless on a > distribution-scale. In contrast, we have some 22500 watch files, an > order of magnitude more. I think it is obvious which mechanism has won. agreed. [...] > I believe that if debhelper is not going to support us in increasing > get-orig-source adoption, then we should just stop doing it and move on > to watch files. agreed. > I am attaching the removal patch and call for seconds. > > Helmut > diff --git a/policy/ch-source.rst b/policy/ch-source.rst > index f706a13..27c49b5 100644 > --- a/policy/ch-source.rst > +++ b/policy/ch-source.rst > @@ -368,19 +368,6 @@ The targets are as follows: > Instead, the upstream source should be repacked to remove those > files. > > -``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. > - > - This target is optional, but providing it if possible is a good > - idea. > - seconded. -- cheers, Holger
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