Hi Luca, On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 03:01:12PM +0200, Luca Falavigna wrote: > 2012/8/17 Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org>: > > Part of the problem is that we lack good tools to do this extra work for us. > > Really, repacking shouldn't be a tedious operation, it shouldn't take more > > than 5 seconds, it shouldn't require writing two dozens lines of code and > > documentation. :( > > ACK. > > Should we write a tool that, once and for all, allows to automate the process? > I think workflow should something similar to: > * tool should receive an URI of the orig tarball > * tool should download and unpack the orig tarball > * tool should compare orig tarball with already clean sources > * tool should not consider file differences, just file removals > * tool should generate a policy-compliant get-orig-source target based > on the diff > > Also, where to put this tool? Devscripts?
Did you read http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/08/msg00397.html and do you agree that a (enhanced) uscan could be this tool? Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120817131449.gi6...@an3as.eu
