Bug#1127616: developers-reference: should document using git-debpush to upload

Jochen Sprickerhof [11/Feb  1:42pm +01] wrote:
> * Sean Whitton <[email protected]> [2026-02-11 11:52]:
>>For example, I maintain or team half-maintain maybe 90 packages in
>>total, and none of them use pristine-tar.  So the only case where I
>>cannot use tag2upload is when I need to upload to NEW, which is not
>>often.  Therefore tag2upload is my default way to upload, because why
>>wouldn't it be, it's so smooth and easy.
>
> My perception is rather different here:
>
> Python Team:
>
> "DPT requires a pristine-tar branch"
>
> https://salsa.debian.org/python-team/tools/python-modules/blob/master/policy.rst
>
> Science Team:
>
> "It is recommended to use pristine-tar"
>
> https://science-team.pages.debian.net/policy/
>
> Multimedia Team:
>
> "gbp clone --pristine-tar"
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/DevelopPackaging
>
> Also most of my uploads are new upstream versions.
>
> So maybe a good first step would be to reduce the pristine-tar usage in
> Debian.

Likewise thanks for the references, here.  That's more than I thought.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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