Re: backportd - automatic backports
Hi Afif,
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 12:47:57AM -0700, Afif Elghraoui wrote:
> Hi, all,
> I thought I'd report on my progress with automating backports for Debian
> Med packages as discussed previously [1]. I'm calling the system
> "backportd", though it's not exactly a daemon.
>
> I set up an email account subscribed to debian-testing-changes and use
> fetchmail and a filter to collect the migration notices. I parse the
> list, flagging packages that we are targeting for backports. Then the
> code checks out the repository to do the backporting. I still need to
> revise that last part a lot more, though. I've also just been tipped off
> to querying UDD rather than parsing emails from debian-testing-changes.
>
> I haven't published the source code for this yet since it has my mail
> server URL in it...which is not really sensitive information. I should
> get over that soon and post the code.
Cool, thanks for the update.
> So there are a couple of issues right now:
>
> * How can we run it/Who will run it?
I guess the best thing ist to ask this on alioth.debian.org. May be we
should create a generic debian-med user - but I have no experience with
this.
> I could run it, but uploading only to mentors. I could alternatively
> build the packages and rsync them to somewhere like Alioth. I'm not sure
> how sponsors feel about this.
I would check more thoroughly in the beginning for some potential
problems but later it will probably be a totally trustworthy resource.
> * List of packages to backport
> I think good candidates are
> - Anything for which there is or has ever been a user request for backport
+1
> - Anything that didn't make it into the current stable release
Hmmm, I'm not sure if we should start with "anything". For me it is
fine if you start with your own wishlist and wait for additional
requests. This should be a sensible amount for testing in the first
place.
> I put backports on the list for discussion on gobby that Andreas sent
> out [2]. Unfortunately, I can't attend, even via IRC.
OK, we will discuss this and take notes.
Thanks a lot for your initiative
Andreas.
> 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2015/08/msg00117.html
> 2. https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2015/08/msg00144.html
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