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

[James Westby]

On Sun, 2009-03-08 at 00:01 +0000, Martin Pitt wrote:
> 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.

I've just re-arranged things in bzr such that it should now work better
for you. Thanks for the report.

> > 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

Thanks for the link.

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

I've been thinking about this for the last few days, and I have an idea
about what the solution would look like, I just need to find some time
to experiment.

> > 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.

No problem, I've gone for the simple solution for now. If someone else 
has requirements that conflict with yours then I will have to develop
another solution.

Thanks,

James

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