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Date:   Sun, 7 May 2023 06:34:34 +0530
From:   Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmail.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Debian package build from upstream source need git repo??
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On 17:54 Sat 06 May 2023, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>On Sat, May 6, 2023 at 3:47=E2=80=AFPM Bhaskar Chowdhury <unixbhaskar@gmai=
l.com> wrote:
>>>
>>   I can vividly remember that it was working fine few months back...in f=
act
>>   building the 6.2.2 kernel. I am certainly missing the updated informat=
ion of
>>   change. The damn script just untar the tarball and build.
>
>Yes, please just use git if you build packages.
>
>We've been using git for almost 20 years now, it's become the most
>widely used SCM in the world, it's time you just laid tar-balls to
>rest as a way to distribute kernel sources.
>
>                   Linus
Sure thing. Thanks for the heads up...will follow.
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Thanks,
Bhaskar

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