On Mon, Mar 16, 2026, at 8:06 PM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > On 16/03/26 at 19:37 +0100, Fabian Grünbichler wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 16, 2026, at 8:01 AM, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: >> > On 16/03/26 at 00:23 +0100, kpcyrd wrote: >> >> > 330 - failed to guess tag >> >> >> >> It seems it's searching for a git tag in >> >> https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf.git, but this repo only >> >> contains configuration for the debian-rust tooling. >> >> >> >> https://debaudit.debian.net/git2dsc/result/4317d143808217889eeb13c6c0fa5ea0d6c97aab09bb9f308facc028639b27c8 >> > >> > The Rust team uses Vcs-Git with sub-dirs. In the above case: >> > Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/rust-team/debcargo-conf.git >> > [src/ratatui-widgets] >> > debaudit correctly handles this, see for example >> > >> > However the team does not tag releases, so there's no way for debaudit >> > to reliably find the relevant commit. >> > >> > A related case is the Haskell team, that also uses a single repository >> > with subdirs, but tags releases, so debaudit works: >> > https://debaudit.debian.net/git2dsc/result/455e8bec15cacd42f5f3e6a66a9c9e98d61f40c7bfd925cb7f2369adc75f3e3c >> >> AFAIR, the haskell team also keeps the full source package in git. we don't, >> we only track the input for debcargo (including overridden and additional >> contents of the debian/ dir, if needed). we've discussed a few times whether >> it >> would make sense to keep the full thing in git, also for easier diffing - but >> it would require extra handling of generated vs. overridden parts, so we >> don't >> for now. >> >> unless/until we do, the only way this would work is if git2dsc would call our >> ./repackage.sh script with the crate name, which in turn calls debcargo to >> create an unpacked source package. AFAICT, just adding tags on our end would >> not be enough. > > Oh, I did not know the details about debcargo. It goes much further than > what I imagined. Very nice. > > If the Rust team added tags, I would be happy to extend git2dsc with the above > workflow (as an additional conditional step before building the source > package).
I'll take this to the team then, and contact you if/when we implement this. Note that running debcargo entails talking to crates.io and thus requires network access. Fabian
