XPost: linux.debian.devel, linux.debian.policy   
   From: holger@layer-acht.org   
      
   control: severity -1 normal   
   thanks   
      
   On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 02:52:12PM +0000, Sean Whitton wrote:   
   > I made the following change to dev-ref, but it was reverted.  So with   
   > this bug I request review from the Developer's Reference maintainers.   
   > I didn't think there is anything controversial about this, but please   
   > let me know what you think needs changing.   
      
   as I said on the thread on -devel, there are at least two annoying bugs in   
   tag2upload which make me not want to use it yet and which I think also    
   prevent suggesting to use it to everyone in all cases.   
      
   (to repeat: a.) impossible to do -1 uploads while preserving existing signed   
   upstream tarballs and b.) loosing the information that an upload was   
   sponsored.)   
      
   and there are more limitations to tag2upload as you've described in your patch,   
   which I think are additional reasons not to suggest tag2upload by default for   
   everyone, but rather as a special workflow for people who want to experiment   
   (and/or use) it.   
       
   > +To perform a source-only upload, use the ``git debpush`` program.    
   [...]   
   > +package maintainers perform.  However, there are some cases in which a   
   > +source-only upload is possible but ``git debpush`` cannot be used:    
      
   ^^ this is what I ment in my last paragraph.   
      
      
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