On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 06:52:27AM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > According to codesearch.d.n, get-orig-source is implemented by less than > 3000 source packages. This is not very low, but neither a high adoption > rate. It certainly makes using get-orig-source somewhat useless on a > distribution-scale. In contrast, we have some 22500 watch files, an > order of magnitude more. I think it is obvious which mechanism has won. agreed.
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> I believe that if debhelper is not going to support us in increasing
> get-orig-source adoption, then we should just stop doing it and move on
> to watch files.
agreed.
> I am attaching the removal patch and call for seconds.
>
> Helmut
> diff --git a/policy/ch-source.rst b/policy/ch-source.rst
> index f706a13..27c49b5 100644
> --- a/policy/ch-source.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-source.rst
> @@ -368,19 +368,6 @@ The targets are as follows:
> Instead, the upstream source should be repacked to remove those
> files.
>
> -``get-orig-source`` (optional)
> - This target fetches the most recent version of the original source
> - package from a canonical archive site (via FTP or WWW, for example),
> - does any necessary rearrangement to turn it into the original source
> - tar file format described below, and leaves it in the current
> - directory.
> -
> - This target may be invoked in any directory, and should take care to
> - clean up any temporary files it may have left.
> -
> - This target is optional, but providing it if possible is a good
> - idea.
> -
seconded.
--
cheers,
Holger
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