Hello, On Tue 24 Jun 2025 at 02:10pm +01, Ian Jackson wrote:
> We could make --gbp a no-op when the source format is native, but that > seems like inviting users to get into the habit of using it all the > time (precisely as you suggest). Passing --gbp incorrectly could > even, in unusual cases, result in corrupted uploads. This is IMO a > tolerable risk if we're running it as the consequence of occasional > human error, but not if we collectively make it a routine situation. Yes, I'd really like to avoid people developing that habit. > Sean, how about this: > > * Add a new --quilt=native to allow explicitly demanding a native > source format. > * With native source formats reject everything except --quilt=native > and maybe --quilt=nofix. > * Add a note to the top of QUILT MODE OPTIONS in the manpage saying > this is only needed for the first upload of any particular > package. Interesting, but this seems complex. Why not just make it an (more helpful) error to use any quilt option with a native package? > I'm starting to wonder if the --gbp alias for --quilt=gbp is a > mistake. Maybe, yeah. -- Sean Whitton
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