Script to copy packages from one PPA to another

[Philip Muskovac]

Since you can't copy more than 2-3 packages at the same time using the
Launchpad UI without getting timeout errors, I wrote a script using
launchpadlib to make that easier, esp. since out package count just
exploded with 4.7. It's called kopypackages and you can find it in the
trunk of lp:kubuntu-dev-tools under bin/.
Feel free to send bugreports or extension wishes to me.

$ ./kopypackages -h
Usage: kopypackages [-h|-n|-q|-c <credfile>] (-a |-p <package> |-b
<batchfile>) ppa:fromPPA from_release ppa:toPPA to_release

Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -n, --nobinaries      Don't copy binary packages
  -q, --quiet           Be quiet and don't print anything on success
  -c CREDENTIALS_FILE, --credentials=CREDENTIALS_FILE
                        use the specified credentials file for
authentication
                        with launchpad instead of the keyring
  -a, --all             Copy all packages in the ppa
  -p PKG, --package=PKG
                        Source package to copy, may be be given multiple
times
  -b BATCHFILE, --batch=BATCHFILE
                        File with source packages to copy (newline seperated
                        list)

I used it to copy the 4.6.5 packages with
./kopypackages -a ppa:kubuntu-ppa/staging natty ppa:kubuntu-ppa/ppa natty

Enjoy :)
Philip