Re: Do we still need pristine-tar?

Étienne Mollier <[email protected]> Wed, 10 Sep 2025 22:36:23 +0200

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Hi Charles,

Charles Plessy, on 2025-09-04:
> Therefore I wonder if we can retire from using pristine-tar?  Although
> it has not been a source of trouble recently, it happened in the past
> and I am not sure about the future (not to mention that it does not
> seem to be maintained upstream).

As far as I've been involved, upstream and pristine-tar always
felt redundant to me, despite trying to understand the reasons
why the latter was introduced in typical Debian workflows.  With
the move to tag2upload, I would agree it would be a good time to
sunset our pristine-tar usage if we want to simplify things.
That being said, I would wait for more experienced Developpers
to comment on the topic, since I feel I might miss some
rationale for using pristine-tar which could still apply.

> Have a nice day!

Likewise,  :)
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