Re: Recommending get-orig-source for packages ?
Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> writes:
> [Olivier Berger, 2013-12-03]
>> Hi.
>>
>> I haven't spotted anything recommending a get-orig-source target in
>> debian/rules in the team's docs.
>>
>> I think it could be an interesting recommendation, as since the practice
>> seems to be only versioning the contents of the debian/ subdir, it could
>> be interesting to document, through that target where to get the orig
>> tarball.
>>
>> I guess most of the time, this could be derived from the debian/watch.
>
> if there's working debian/watch file, there's no need to add
> get-orig-source (and to be honest, I prefer debian/rules without
> get-orig-source if debian/watch is available)
What's your rationale, Piotr ?
I'd understand if there was something in debhelper/dh-python that would
automatically handle debian/watch, but that's not the case,
AFAICT... so, what harm is there to make things explicit (in case of QA
maintenance or other situations where using svn-buildpackage isn't
waranted) ?
Best regards,
--
Olivier BERGER
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Ingenieur Recherche - Dept INF
Institut Mines-Telecom, Telecom SudParis, Evry (France)
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