Package: devscripts Version: 2.17.9 User: devscri...@packages.debian.org Usertags: mk-origtargz
The Debian Developer's Reference § 6.7.8.2 says "A repackaged .orig.tar.{gz,bz2,xz} … should use packagename-upstream-version.orig as the name of the top-level directory in its tarball. This makes it possible to distinguish pristine tarballs from repackaged ones." https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/ch06.en.html#repackagedorigtargz Using the Files-Excluded feature of debian/coypright with uscan appears to create the tarball with a top-level directory of packagename-upstream-version (without the trailing .orig). On the other hand, it feels a bit odd to use the .orig suffix since it's well not the original tarball but a repacked tarball with files removed. Thanks, Jeremy Bicha