On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 05:42:31PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@telecom-sudparis.eu>, 2013-12-03, 17:06: > >Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org> writes: > > > >>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) > > +1 > > >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 > > It "harms" everyone who reviews the package. It's impossible to write > g-o-s target that is both policy-compliant and easy to understand. I > don't want to waste time glaring at extra 10 lines of code only to > realize it's a fancy wrapper over uscan. Perhaps dh(1) should sprout a default get-orig-source target that just pokes uscan. That way, all packages with the "%: dh $@" stanza will get it for free. Looks like there's a bug for it already: http://bugs.debian.org/515856 -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature