build-from-branch into the primary archive

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Tue Feb 22 05:15:05 UTC 2011


On Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:07:59 am Luke Faraone wrote:
> On 02/21/2011 11:57 PM, Martin Pool wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> If it's in debian/control, then you can't drop the Ubuntu delta unless
> Debian adopts the Ubuntu-specific header.
> 
> Putting it in LP would keep it persistent, but might make it harder to
> discover.

I think it's unlikely that if the package is in sync from Debian there's going 
to be any concern about preserving bzr history in LP.

Scott K



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