[Bug 245594] Re: Please add binNMU capabilities to Soyuz

[Scott Kitterman]

On Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:33:30 +0200 Luca Falavigna <dktrkranz at ubuntu.com> 
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>Scott Kitterman ha scritto:
>> Sometimes it's just needed to do one arch, not all of them.
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>Having "binNMUs" will surely help when these cases happen. Pushing new
>rebuilds to manage a transition for a single architecture is a waste of
>buildd resources and bandwith, users need to download an exact copy of a
>package they already have.
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>> This is a logical next step from the ability to retry failed builds that 
is 
>> now on Launchpad.  It'd be a good step.  If your concerned about abuse, 
>> maybe it could be restricted to core-dev or the release teams.
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>I don't think restricting access to core-devs or release managers is
>optimal because MOTUs can upload rebuilds normally. Some guidance is
>needed, but I guess developers who already manage transitions have a
>good knowledge when it's worth triggering a "binNMU".


I agree.  I just suggested that as an inititial approach if needed as a 
compromise for initial deployment.  If you can do a source upload then you 
ought to have this capability.  The main thing for now though is to get 
some agreement on policy so that the 'Won't Fix' gets taken of the bug and 
it can get implemented as it fits in the Launchpad developer's schedule.

Scott K