[Bug 339343] [NEW] get-orig-source priority should be higher than uscan

[Martin Pitt]

James Westby [2009-03-07 23:37 -0000]:
> Can I ask what purpose the watch file serves if the "get-orig-source"
> target is needed? Is it just for detecting if there is a new upstream
> version, rather than for downloading it?

Exactly. Tools like DEHS and the Debian PTS use the watch files to
check whether the version is current.

> An added complication is that "get-orig-source" is not a great interface
> for doing this. Debian policy defines it as a target that gets the
> latest available source, whereas we need to get the source corresponding
> to the version being built.

Oh, hm. I actually use it as "get the source that debian/changelog
mentions", since anything else doesn't make sense to me. This is also
being discussed in http://bugs.debian.org/466550

I agree that g-o-s is underspecified, though. I just don't know a
better replacement.

> Perhaps there could be a way to specify the preferred way of getting
> the source, 

Seems with above disambiguity that might indeed be required. I haven't
even thought of that, sorry.

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