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Re: Recommending get-orig-source for packages ?



On Dec 05, 2013, at 06:27 PM, Ben Finney wrote:

>We already have <URL:https://wiki.debian.org/onlyjob/get-orig-source>,
>in particular <URL:https://wiki.debian.org/onlyjob/get-orig-source#Repackaging_orig.tar>.
>
>Are you expecting ‘debian/repack’ to be significantly different when
>repacking Python-language packages, as opposed to the general case of
>repacking an upstream source tarball? What differences would be great
>enough to warrant a Python-library-specific recipe?

Not particularly, and I doubt most packages will need repacking.  I was just
thinking a link might be useful for folks landing on the LibraryStyleGuide
page, but I don't feel strongly about it.

-Barry


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