#1125281 zabbix: please use pristine-tar and upstream branch

Package:
src:zabbix
Source:
src:zabbix
Submitter:
Bastien Roucaries
Date:
2026-01-24 01:39:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
Tags:
#1125281#5
Date:
2026-01-11 21:32:51 UTC
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To:
Could you please use classical gbp tree with upstream and pristine-tar branch

rouca

#1125281#10
Date:
2026-01-24 01:36:23 UTC
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No. For this particular package, GBP repository layout is counter
productive and even *harmful*.

Use `origtargz` (or `uscan`) to acquire upstream sources. `origtargz`
is a very reliable tool that can also fetch upstream tarball from
Debian mirrors (hence making "upstream" and "pristine-tar" branches
obsolete).

You should be able to build package in a traditional way, e.g.
https://salsa.debian.org/onlyjob/notes/-/wikis/bp

See also
https://salsa.debian.org/onlyjob/notes/-/wikis/no-gbp

Feel free to adjust "gbp.conf" so that GBP could build from
"debian/"-only repository layout.
--- Formal government can be defined as: a group of men who sell retribution to the inhabitants of a limited geographic area at monopolistic prices. -- Robert LeFevre, "The Fundamental of Liberty" (1988)
#1125281#15
Date:
2026-01-24 01:36:23 UTC
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To:
No. For this particular package, GBP repository layout is counter
productive and even *harmful*.

Use `origtargz` (or `uscan`) to acquire upstream sources. `origtargz`
is a very reliable tool that can also fetch upstream tarball from
Debian mirrors (hence making "upstream" and "pristine-tar" branches
obsolete).

You should be able to build package in a traditional way, e.g.
https://salsa.debian.org/onlyjob/notes/-/wikis/bp

See also
https://salsa.debian.org/onlyjob/notes/-/wikis/no-gbp

Feel free to adjust "gbp.conf" so that GBP could build from
"debian/"-only repository layout.
--- Formal government can be defined as: a group of men who sell retribution to the inhabitants of a limited geographic area at monopolistic prices. -- Robert LeFevre, "The Fundamental of Liberty" (1988)