Yaroslav Halchenko <deb...@onerussian.com> writes: > CCing Dpkg Developers -- please reassign to dpkg-dev (dpkg-source) > if you consider my concern valid > > I got the same warning while playing with reprepro's changelogs.example. > It also relies on dpkg-source -sn -x to extract packaging only directory > from the sources to obtain copyright and Debian changelog files. > > Although -sn is listed as a "Format: 1.0" specific, it makes complete > sense to have it supported for any other format to do precisely that -- > "Ensures that the original source is neither copied to the current > directory nor unpacked". > > As a result of the absent V3 support for -sn, dpkg-source does a copy of > the original sources, which in our case 1.7GB data package, thus not > acceptable situation and demolishing the benefits for V3 having a > neat .debian.tar.g. > > Since there is no other cross-format option for dpkg-source to extract > Debian packaging only, I do not think it is viable to provide > format-specific handling in every dependent tool (e.g. sbuild, > reprepro) instead of fixing dpkg-source to provide such generic > functionality across all (or major) formats.
The same could be said for -sp, -su and --skip-debianization. The last is specified for 3.0 (quilt) but would make sense for 3.0 (git) and 3.0 (bzr) too [skip the checkout]. MfG Goswin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org