On 2014-08-16 01:15:45 +0800 (+0800), Thomas Goirand wrote: [...] > Yes. Producing orig.tar.xz out of upstream tag should be industrialized, > and written in "some" tools, which we would all be using. I currently > do: ./debian/rules gen-orig-xz, but that shouldn't be specific to my own > packages.
However upstream may build tarballs through a (hopefully repeatable/automated) process at release time, publish checksums and signatures for them, et cetera, and prefer packagers use those as the original tarballs for official release versions. I understand needing to create "original" tarballs yourself in cases where there are none (for example making development snapshot packages), but when upstream provides them it seems like it would make sense to use those tarballs in lieu of trying to recreate your own from tags in their version control system. I have become increasingly wary now that more and more slipshod upstreams with no release process have created a need for package maintainers to fabricate one on their behalf, the kludge can get turned back around on upstreams with formal, traditional release processes and used as a convenient excuse to discard their output in the name of consistency. *Please* don't replace upstream's release tarballs just because they have a VCS. -- Jeremy Stanley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140815230550.gp1...@yuggoth.org
