Re: Intent to commit craziness - source package unpacking

Russ Allbery writes ("Re: Intent to commit craziness - source package unpacking"): > Ian Jackson writes: > > I'm not sure of the logic behind that. I don't think dgit helps much > > with the kind of tasks that pristine-tar helps with. > > The main benefit of

Re: Intent to commit craziness - source package unpacking

Guido Günther writes ("Re: Intent to commit craziness - source package unpacking"): > On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 04:15:08PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > [..snip..] > > Recommends: pristine-tar (>= 0.5) ...> > > > pristine-tar has been declared unmaintainable by its original > > author and

Re: Intent to commit craziness - source package unpacking

Hi Ian, On Mon, Oct 03, 2016 at 04:15:08PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: [..snip..] > Because I'm a pernickety type of person I reviewed the dependencies of > git-buildpackage. I have some qualms about the following > dependencies: > > Recommends: pristine-tar (>= 0.5) > > pristine-tar has