build-from-branch into the primary archive

[Martin Pool]

On 22 February 2011 13:59, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:

> The alternative of adding a specialized field in debian/control for packages
> that should generally only be uploaded from branch so that anyone who tries to
> dput the package gets some kind of warning (as discussed elsewhere in the
> thread) would, I think, deal with this case adequately while preserving the
> option to upload via dput should it REALLY be necessary in some case.

There seem to be two variables here: does a package upload just give a
warning, or does it block; and secondly is this configured in the
package metadata itself or in Launchpad.  On the first point I think
we absolutely want to have it start out with just a warning.  To be
more accurate, we will actually start out with no warnings at all, and
probably only turn them on when people feel that particular teams are
over the hump of wanting to use it all the time.

Regarding where it is done, I see no problem with doing it in
debian/control.  If it's configured in the package itself we would
have the option to give a warning at the time people run dput rather
than later sending mail back from Soyuz complaining about it.

I'm happy to talk this over but I do want people to understand that
the whole issue of warning about source package uploads is way down
the road once build from branch into primary is working well and
people developers actually want to turn it off.

-- 
Martin