This package is maintained with git-buildpackage in the git repo as
indicated in the Vcs-* fields in debian/control.

The debian packaging git repository incorporates upstream's git
history as well, which is found at https://github.com/jstedfast/gmime.

The debian packaging git repository also hosts the packaging for the
more modern version of gmime (version 3.0), which is recommended. 

You can configure a sensible local working copy of gmime2.6 with:

    git clone https://anonscm.debian.org/git/collab-maint/gmime.git -b master-2.6 gmime2.6
    cd gmime2.6
    for x in upstream-2.6 pristine-tar experimental master-2.6; do
        git checkout $x
    done
    git remote add github https://github.com/jstedfast/gmime
    git remote update github

The simplest way to discover/fetch a new tarball is:

    uscan --verbose

Then you can import it while merging with upstream via:

    gbp import-orig ../gmime_${newversion}.orig.tar.xz

Building a new package from the master-2.6 branch looks like:

    gbp buildpackage --changes-option=-S --git-tag

See debian/gbp.conf and debian/watch for details about how the
packaging git repository is integrated with upstream development.

 -- Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>, Thu,  6 Jul 2017 14:27:29 -0400
