[Python-modules-team] python-xlib_0.26-1_source.changes ACCEPTED into unstable

[Scott Kitterman]

On Saturday, March 21, 2020 3:14:20 PM EDT Scott Kitterman wrote:
> On Saturday, March 21, 2020 3:02:27 PM EDT Andrej Shadura wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 at 19:39, Sandro Tosi <morph at debian.org> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 21 Mar 2020 at 18:01, Sandro Tosi <morph at debian.org> wrote:
> > > > > Andrej,
> > > > > why the pristine-tar information are now in a `pristine-lfs` branch?
> > > > > where did the other pristine-tar deltas go?
> > > > 
> > > > Because it’s simpler and better as it guarantees the tarballs are bit
> > > > to bit identical, which pristine-tar so often fails to do. There was
> > > > no pristine-tar or pristine-lfs information for earlier uploads.
> > > 
> > > but our team policy requires to use pristine-tar:
> > > https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/tools/python-modules/blob/master/po
> > > li
> > > cy.rst
> > > 
> > > please adjust, so that we can all use the same tools and procedures.
> > 
> > I suggest we rather change the policy since at the moment this point
> > lacks any rationale and isn’t providing any benefit since the
> > pristine-tar data are only useful for minor updates of the package
> > (e.g. when the upstream source hasn’t changed) and pristine-tar is
> > known to be a huge hack and fail to provide correct tarballs,
> > especially when xz is used.
> 
> When you joined the team, you agreed to follow the team policies.  Please do
> so.
> 
> The way to get the policy changed is not to ignore it and then get
> aggressive when called on it.
> 
> Personally, I use the pristine-tar branch routinely (I used it multiple
> times just yesterday) and I've never had a problem with it.  Personally,
> while I know it's a hack, it's a working hack.
> 
> Please do as you've been asked and then we can have a nice conversation
> about if we should change the way the team works.
> 
> Scott K

Also, I was about to fix the autopkgtest failure in python-h2, but I see that 
despite having DPMT as maintainer, you didn't set the git repo up as part of 
DPMT: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/python-h2  - I decided to leave it alone 
because I really can't tell if you want to be part of the team or not.

Scott K
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