Simon McVittie writes ("Re: How is the original tarball obtained in
tag2upload"):
> You can't currently do a source-only upload of a completely new *package*,
> or of a new upstream release that bumps SONAME or otherwise adds new
> binary packages, because the ftp team requires a binary upload[1] for
> anything that will go into the NEW queue. Is that what you're thinking of?
Yes.
> But most new upstream releases (at least for relatively mature packages)
> don't break backwards compatibility and don't need to go through NEW.
Right. I think this means that supporting pristine-tar would be
useful right away. As I say, we don't have that yet.
Ian.
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