On 2016-04-21 11:23:20 -0400 (-0400), Fred Drake wrote: > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 10:54 AM, Tristan Seligmann [...] > > For distribution packaging purposes, the GitHub tags are generally > > preferrable. GitHub makes archives of tagged releases available as tarballs, > > so this is generally a simple tweak to debian/watch. > > I'd generally be worried if the source package doesn't closely match a > tag in whatever VCS a project is using, but I don't think that's > essential, release processes being what they are. [...]
Agreed, as long as "closely" is interpreted in ways consistent with, say, tarballs for C-based projects. Consider `setup.py sdist` similar to `make dist` where the dist target of some projects may still run additional commands to generate metadata or other files not tracked in revision control prior to invoking tar/gzip. -- Jeremy Stanley
