[DRE-commits] [ruby-rspec] 03/05: debian/README.source: simplify instructions

[Antonio Terceiro]

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commit 6da208f23ee402917cb305fcd3a3b90f33b0d175
Author: Antonio Terceiro <terceiro at debian.org>
Date:   Mon Sep 19 12:22:06 2016 -0300

    debian/README.source: simplify instructions
---
 debian/README.source | 16 +++++++++-------
 debian/changelog     |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/README.source b/debian/README.source
index 224f445..13197cd 100644
--- a/debian/README.source
+++ b/debian/README.source
@@ -25,16 +25,18 @@ use ./debian/rules report
 update to a new upstream version
 --------------------------------
 
-use the following targets from debian/rules:
+use the following targets from debian/rules to create the unified upstream
+tarball:
 
 - debian/rules get-orig-sources: 
     download the several upstream tarballs
-- debian/rules unpack-sources:
-    unpack the sources, to be committed in the upstream branch
-    first, the content of the upstream branch needs to be removed, otherwise
-    files deleted in the newer version may persist, and be shipped inadvertedly
-    in the new source package.
-    (awkward, because debian/rules is not present in the upstream branch...)
+- debian/rules repack-sources:
+    creates the unified tarball from the downloaded ones
+
+Then use `gbp import-orig` as you normally would.
+
+Then use:
+
 - debian/rules gen-gemspecs:
     interpret upstream 'source' gemspec to real ones, with shell commands
     (calls to git), and store them in the debian/ directory
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index b57543e..368c2ad 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 ruby-rspec (3.5.0c3e0m0s0-1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
+  * debian/README.source: simplify the instructions for updating to a new
+    upstream release
 
  -- Antonio Terceiro <terceiro at debian.org>  Mon, 19 Sep 2016 12:13:40 -0300
 

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