[Debian GNUstep maintainers] Misc issues with gnustep-base

[Yavor Doganov]

Eric Heintzmann wrote:
> Le 29/10/2017 à 09:50, Yavor Doganov a écrit :
> > AFAICS there's gbp-pristine-tar which makes it possible to switch from
> > a classic git-buildpackage workflow to pristine-tar.
> I tested several solution, but none have worked.
> I can't remember if i tested "gbp-pristine-tar" or if it existed at this
> moment.

Indeed, it was added recently (circa June 2017).

> > But I fail to see the benefit from using pristine-tar.

> I think pristine tar is useful only when using "gbp import-orig
> --uscan" and "gbp clone"

The normal workflow also works with this option; it is equivalent to:

$ uscan
$ gbp import-orig ../foo_x.y.z.orig.tar.gz

If you use gbp clone for a repository without a pristine-tar branch,
you have to remember to fetch the tarball with uscan or wget/apt-get
source.  However, even if you forget, you get prompted about the
missing orig tarball when building the package.  No big deal.