Bzr plugins *must* die!

[Martin Pool]

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Joseph Wakeling
<joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net> wrote:
> Robert Collins wrote:
>> On Wed, 2008-09-24 at 11:59 +0200, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
>>> I mean -- just out of curiosity -- how much of a pain is it to ensure
>>> that, where code compatibility is not the issue, the packages on the
>>> main PPA all have compatible dependencies at the point that the latest
>>> bzr release is uploaded?
>>
>> Its technically impossible due to how ppas behave.

This is <https://bugs.launchpad.net/soyuz/+bug/209515> fwiw.

>
> Sorry, I phrased that question badly.  I know that the PPA only allows
> one version of any given package and cannot maintain older ones.
>
> What I'm getting at is more that, when the new bzr package is uploaded
> (and hence bzrtools and possibly bzr-gtk and bzr-svn compatibility is
> broken), how difficult would it be to ensure those other packages are
> simultaneously updated to mutually-compatible versions?  Or at least
> guaranteed to be updated within, say, 24 or 48 hours of bzr release.

I think packaging the plugins every time we package bzr is probably
the best option.

-- 
Martin <http://launchpad.net/~mbp/>