In the email from Thursday, 5 January 2023 14:27:14 +03 user Henning Schild 
wrote:
> LGTM
> 

Since this patch is a hotfix for previous patch and it is unlikely to break 
something, I would prefer to merge it to 'next' a bit faster than usually. 

What about Tue, 10 Jan, for example?

> Am Thu,  5 Jan 2023 07:07:57 +0100
> 
> schrieb Uladzimir Bely <ubely@ilbers.de>:
> > With removing stretch support we switched to `gbp export-orig` command
> > instead of `gbp buildpackage --git-ignore-new --git-builder=/bin/true`
> > one, since gbp versions in >= buster support this.
> > 
> > Unfortunately, this change makes other downstream layers change their
> > `GBP_EXTRA_OPTIONS` values in multiple recipes, e.g.:
> > 
> > `--git-(no-)pristine-tar` => `--(no-)pristine-tar`
> > `--git-upstream-branch=master` => `--upstream-branch=master`.
> > 
> > This creates too much inconvenience - we need to mention it in
> > RECIPE-API-CHANGELOG, use a different variable for `export-orig`
> > options, warn user if they still use old variable and, finally,
> > support both vars in Isar until all downstreams stop using old case.
> > 
> > It is not worth implementing all this stuff just for switching from
> > long 'buildpackage ...' to shorter 'export-orig ...' gbp subcommand
> > 
> > So, it's better to just revert a piece of "stretch removal" patch.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Uladzimir Bely <ubely@ilbers.de>
> > ---
> > 
> >  meta/classes/dpkg-gbp.bbclass | 4 ++--
> >  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/meta/classes/dpkg-gbp.bbclass
> > b/meta/classes/dpkg-gbp.bbclass index f765eb9a..b1d7b240 100644
> > --- a/meta/classes/dpkg-gbp.bbclass
> > +++ b/meta/classes/dpkg-gbp.bbclass
> > @@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
> > 
> >  PATCHTOOL ?= "git"
> > 
> > -GBP_EXTRA_OPTIONS ?= "--pristine-tar"
> > +GBP_EXTRA_OPTIONS ?= "--git-pristine-tar"
> > 
> >  SCHROOT_MOUNTS = "${WORKDIR}:${PP} ${GITDIR}:/home/.git-downloads"
> >  
> >  dpkg_runbuild_prepend() {
> >  
> >      sh -c "
> >      
> >          cd ${WORKDIR}/${PPS}
> > 
> > -        gbp export-orig ${GBP_EXTRA_OPTIONS}
> > +        gbp buildpackage --git-ignore-new --git-builder=/bin/true
> > ${GBP_EXTRA_OPTIONS} "
> > 
> >  }