Re: Recommending get-orig-source for packages ?
On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 17:06:22 +0100, Olivier Berger wrote:
> 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 ?
>
It adds 0 value, and is one more thing that can go wrong.
Cheers,
Julien
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Julien Cristau <julien.cristau@logilab.fr>
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