Re: tag2upload: extending discussion; committing new reqs to git

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Joerg Jaspert writes ("Re: tag2upload: extending discussion; committing new reqs to git"):
> > +   It is jointly sufficient, together with the orig.tar, to 
> >     (re)produce
> > +   the source package.
> 
> This does read quite funny to me. "To reproduce what t2u did and get to
> the source package, you need this SOURCE_VERSION tarball plus the orig
> tarball that t2u generated in the step you want to reproduce".
> 
> I think I see where it comes from (space savings), but wonder if that is
> a good thing here. Or what do i miss?

This was wording from me.  And you are right, there is a mistake here.

There are two cases:

 * The .orig was in the archive already, in which case will need it to
   reproduce the t2u output.  Ie, in this case it's an input.

 * The .orig was *not* in the archive already.  In which case t2u made
   it and (obviously) you don't need to provide it.  It's an output.

How about:

  (Together with any existing .orig.tar which was already
  present in the archive.)

?

Ian.

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