Re: Uploading to multiple distros
Hi Ian (2011.06.02_14:54:37_+0200)
> I wasn't aware of syncpackage. The manpage is quite discouraging.
It's discouraging for a reason, the Ubuntu archive admins would prefer
that we sync packages through them if possible (which results in ~1 days
wait). An API method for syncing (+ a button on launchpad) is supposed
to be available really soon now™.
> Hrm. So syncpackage generates a .changes for uploading to ubuntu from
> the .dsc (which presumably came out of the Debian build). That does
> mean though that the Ubuntu target suite is not visible in the
> changelog of the ultimate Ubuntu package. And if the package is not
> accepted into the Debian archive for any reason, the changelog is very
> misleading because it looks like a sync from Debian.
Yes. It tries to do the same thing as the archive admins' sync script.
And obviously it can easily mislead people, which is why it should be
used with care, and has a big warning in the manpage.
> One way to enable simultaneous uploads would be to arrange for
> dpkg-genchanges to filter out suites for "other" distros when
> generating the .changes file. Then you would have the same files
> being uploaded but two different .changes files.
Excepting the changelog bit, that's effectively what syncpackage does.
It doesn't modify anything except the .changes file, if possible.
SR
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