Bug#819111: uscan: option for disabling repacking

[Osamu Aoki]

Hi,

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 03:47:54PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote:
> * Osamu Aoki <osamu at debian.org>, 2016-03-25, 01:04:
...
> Download upstream sources (which used to be the primary purpose of uscan).
> More specifically, I'm using uscan in get-orig-source target of
> src:openinbrowser, where I have custom repacking code.

I see.  This is valid use.

> >$ uscan --help | grep no-symlink
> >   --no-symlink   Don't call mk-origtargz
> >
> >The name is a relic from when the only option was setting up a properly
> >named symlink.
> 
> Right, that's not a very intuitive name... Also, I was grepping for
> "repack", not for "mk-origtargz", as the latter is mostly an implementation
> detail.

I agree. Let's find a better description.  Is this agreeable?

      --no-symlink  Don't rename nor repackage upstream tarball by not
                    calling mk-origtargz.

Please propose better text.  I am not the best person for making English
text.

Osamu