On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 12:15:40PM +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
pristine-tar: With a new upstream version, tag2upload will generate a fresh orig tarball with git archive (via git-deborig). This is OK, but it may surprise some users. 1106071.
I find that a problem for upstreams that don't releasa via signing tags. That is the majority of my packages. I think that having an .orig.tar.gz that hashes the same as the tarball relesed by upstream is vital for us.
Just for the record: None of my packages require upstream repacking.
And with limitations, i'm sorry but then i'm not, I feel limited to use different words (than the one you called accusation) for your *important* bug request documenting and recommending tag2upload for *everyone* right now, a week after it came out of beta. I surely have good faith in you (and Ian!) that you mean well, and also that tag2upload will (and for some already is!) be super useful in the future. However, we are not there yet. So yes, I stand by what I ment. And yes, maybe "propaganda stunt" is a bit too much, however I'm not sure you would have liked "immature $something" much better.
I fully agree and would like to add that the perisistence that tag2upload gets pushed slowly begins an urge to push back in my consiousness. Just to say it in German: "es nervt".
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