Hello, Xiyue Deng [27/Jan 4:26pm -08] wrote: > On reading the recent debate on d-d@, I saw one proposal that suggested > to add "upstream-vcs-tag" to d/gbp.conf. With this, `gbp import-orig > --uscan' will import the full upstream history with a no-change commit > (either to the tag or HEAD) to our upstream branch. This seems to be > very close to the dgit-maint-merge workflow and people can still use > `gbp import-orig --uscan'. We can also stop using pristine-tar (right > after my previous silly attempt) for good and things should continue to > work. > > I think this is also compatible with tag2upload, though one may need to > specify which upstream tag to use when running `git debpush' since this > may create 2 upstream tag: one like `v?%(version)s' and one like > `upstream/%(version)s'. > > (Adding Sean to CC to confirm whether the above is true or is > recommended.) > > I haven't heard back from Aymeric, but hopefully this arrangement will > meet his expectation as well.
Compatible but not recommended. -- Sean Whitton
