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

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 12:28:55PM +0200, Reinhard Tartler wrote:
> 
> Dear Distro Team,
> 
> Julian Edwards <launchpad at julian-edwards.com> writes:
> 
> > BinNMU is forbidden in Ubuntu by policy.  Sorry if this is not what you
> > wanted to hear.  I can only suggest raising it with the distro team if
> > you want to pursue it further.
> >
> > ** Changed in: soyuz
> >        Status: New => Won't Fix
> 
> 
> Could you please give a rationale why we don't want binNMUs in ubuntu,
> but require sourceful uploads? I was under the impression that we don't
> want this because there was no infrastructure for this. Now the request
> for adding this is rejected on the grounds that policy forbids this. I
> have the feeling we are turning in circles here, so could someone please
> followup on the bug report?
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/245594

I think Emmet clarified this well in the bug.  The main reason we don't do
this is because we want all builds to be done in a consistent, pristine
build environment on the server side.

So, if binary rebuilds could be provided by Launchpad in a sane way, I don't
see why it should be objectionable.

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 - mdz