On Sun, 2024-09-08 at 14:21 -0700, Xiyue Deng wrote: > Phil Wyett <philip.wy...@kathenas.org> writes: > > > Control: tags -1 +moreinfo > > > > Xiyue, > > > > Preamble... > > > > Thank you for taking the time to prepare this package and your contribution > > to the Debian project. > > > > The review below is for assistance. This review is offered to help package > > submitters to Debian mentors inorder to improve their packages prior to > > possible sponsorship into Debian. There is no obligation on behalf of the > > submitter to make any alterations based upon information provided in the > > review. > > > > Review... > > > > 1. Build: > > > > * pbuilder [1]: Good > > * sbuild [2]: Good > > > > 2. Lintian [3]: Good > > > > 3. Licenses [4]: Good > > > > 4. Watch file [uscan --force-download]: Issue > > > > philwyett@ks-tarkin:~/Development/builder/debian/mentoring/emacs-oauth2-0.17$ > > uscan --force-download > > uscan warn: Possible OpenPGP signature found at: > > https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/oauth2-0.17.tar.sig > > * Add opts=pgpsigurlmangle=s/$/.sig/ or opts=pgpmode=auto to debian/watch > > * Add debian/upstream/signing-key.asc. > > See uscan(1) for more details > > uscan: error: tar is not a supported compression > > Note that on GNU ELPA (GNU Emacs Lisp Package Archive) tar is the > default option used by all packages. I think this can be considered as > a restriction on uscan which should support tar. > > On the other hand, I'm mainly using uscan to check for new upstream > version. The Salsa repository uses DEP14 recommended layout and doesn't > use pristine-tar but tags and "git deborig" for generating the tarball > for Debian archive (which will be in .tar.xz), so this is not an actual > issue. > > Hope this helps clarify the situation :) > >
Hi, I feel tar support in uscan is not a discussion for Debian Mentors. An appropriate bug filed elsewhere to start a discussion is a better course. We work with what we have. If a working 'debian/watch' file is not possible in the package, it would in my opinion be best to remove it. Regards Phil -- "I play the game for the game’s own sake" Arthur Conan Doyle - The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans -- Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/kathenasorg Internet Relay Chat (IRC): kathenas Matrix: #kathenas:matrix.org Website: https://kathenas.org Instagram: https://instagram.com/kathenasorg/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@kathenasorg --
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