Jochen Sprickerhof writes ("Bug#1127616: developers-reference: should document
using git-debpush to upload"):
> My perception is rather different here:
>
> Python Team:
> "DPT requires a pristine-tar branch"
> https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/tools/python-modules/blob/master/policy.rst
>
> Science Team:
> "It is recommended to use pristine-tar"
> https://science-team.pages.debian.net/policy/
>
> Multimedia Team:
> "gbp clone --pristine-tar"
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/DevelopPackaging
Thanks for the links.
This is all very sad.
I think not everyone realises that "pristine" in pristine-tar is
sarcastic! Joey Hess, the original author of pristine-tar (and many
useful Debian things) has excoriated Debian's tarball fetish, writing
of us "hoarding and rolling around in on [our] nest of gleaming
pristine tarballs" [1].
That was in 2013! This tarball fetish has only become more obsolete
since then, but also simultaneously more entrenched in Debian :-(.
> So maybe a good first step would be to reduce the pristine-tar usage in
> Debian.
I think this would be an excellent idea. I don't know where to start
with that though. Maybe I should write a blog post or something.
Help very welcome!
Ian.
[1] https://joeyh.name/blog/entry/upstream_git_repositories/
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