From: spwhitton@spwhitton.name   
      
   Hello,   
      
   Xiyue Deng [27/Jan  4:26pm -08] wrote:   
   > On reading the recent debate on d-d@, I saw one proposal that suggested   
   > to add "upstream-vcs-tag" to d/gbp.conf.  With this, `gbp import-orig   
   > --uscan' will import the full upstream history with a no-change commit   
   > (either to the tag or HEAD) to our upstream branch.  This seems to be   
   > very close to the dgit-maint-merge workflow and people can still use   
   > `gbp import-orig --uscan'.  We can also stop using pristine-tar (right   
   > after my previous silly attempt) for good and things should continue to   
   > work.   
   >   
   > I think this is also compatible with tag2upload, though one may need to   
   > specify which upstream tag to use when running `git debpush' since this   
   > may create 2 upstream tag: one like `v?%(version)s' and one like   
   > `upstream/%(version)s'.   
   >   
   > (Adding Sean to CC to confirm whether the above is true or is   
   > recommended.)   
   >   
   > I haven't heard back from Aymeric, but hopefully this arrangement will   
   > meet his expectation as well.   
      
   Compatible but not recommended.   
      
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   Sean Whitton   
      
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