Am 20.02.2013 09:31, schrieb Thomas Goirand: > On 02/20/2013 12:38 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:23:02 PM Thomas Goirand wrote: >>> The idea to use "git archive" was mostly from Julien Danjou. It's >>> very nice because that way, we can use xz compression, instead >>> of what upstream provides (that is, github .zip or .tar.gz, which >>> isn't the best). >> See devref 6.7.8. This not an appropriate reason to not use the upstream >> tarball. >> >> Scott K > Thanks Scott, but I believe I know what I'm doing.
No, I don't think so. > This wasn't the > only reason I stated, it's only one of the consequences. > > What upstream considers "release tarballs" are *not* what Github > provides anyway (it is a little bit more complex than this). So there would be no way anymore to build using upstream tarballs? This doesn't sound appropriate to force on a whole team. I don't think that many of the people that voted are aware of your implicit changes (no release tarballs, including upstream source in the VCS) by moving to git. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51248fdf.4010...@debian.org
