On 2016-12-07 14:13+0000, Gianfranco Costamagna wrote: > control: owner -1 ! > control: tags -1 moreinfo >>I am looking for a sponsor for "golang-github-minio-minio-go": > >>2.0.2 is needed to complete the packaging of restic (ITP #846176). > > I would like to see it sponsored by the maintainer, but here something I'm > worried > about: > what is the reason for the repack? non-dfsg files? > if it is just to skip some tests, I really prefer a debian/clean target, and > not a repack > of the whole source tarball. > diverging from upstream tarballs has a lot of useless complications that > should be avoided > whenever possible > > as a general rule I like repacks when: > 1) non-dfsg files might be left out > 2) heavy and useless files are kept in the tarball (e.g. binaries, windows > files, or prebuilt stuff) > > in the other cases, I never found a good reason for a repack. > > Other people might disagree, just I found none documentation about the > reasons for this repack. > > thanks, > > G.
OK, I thought it was best to avoid the tests by adding an import filter than using debian/clean (but did not found documentation either). "gbp buildpackage" showed me a warning at the beginning of the build with debian/clean. I'll revert this.
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