Bug#878433: dgit-maint-merge(7) workflow for converting an existing package does not work

2017-10-13 Thread Sean Whitton
control: tag -1 +patch control: severity -1 minor Hello Michael, Firstly, let me note that you didn't finish following the instructions. You're meant to follow the "Source package configuration" section after following either "Initial Debianisation" or "Converting an existing package". That's

Bug#878433: dgit-maint-merge(7) workflow for converting an existing package does not work

2017-10-13 Thread Michael Stapelberg
Thanks. Running “pristine-tar checkout google-cloud-print-connector_1.12.orig.tar.gz” indeed gets me further. Could a check for the orig tarball be added to “dgit build-source”? The current dpkg-source message is confusing: • it mentions a generic “orig.tar” instead of the actual filename it

Bug#878433: dgit-maint-merge(7) workflow for converting an existing package does not work

2017-10-13 Thread Ian Jackson
Michael Stapelberg writes ("Bug#878433: dgit-maint-merge(7) workflow for converting an existing package does not work"): > Package: dgit > Version: 3.12 > Severity: normal > > I read the following section of the dgit-maint-merge(7): >

Bug#878433: dgit-maint-merge(7) workflow for converting an existing package does not work

2017-10-13 Thread Michael Stapelberg
Package: dgit Version: 3.12 Severity: normal I read the following section of the dgit-maint-merge(7): https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/dgit/dgit-maint-merge.7.en.html#Existing_git_history_using_another_workflow And tried to apply it to one of my packages: % gbp clone