build-from-branch into the primary archive

[Martin Pitt]

Steve Langasek [2011-02-22 13:25 -0800]:
> The usual case for this is a package that has a Vcs-* field for the Debian
> packaging, gets modified in Ubuntu directly in the archive without pushing a
> new VCS branch anywhere, and doesn't get the Vcs-* fields updated to
> indicate that they don't represent the Ubuntu package history.

Ah, right. I was specifically asking about Vcs-Bzr:, and with having
the implicit assumption in mind that it was pointing to a launchpad
branch with "ubuntu" in it.

The Debian imported Vcs-* fields are quite useless for doing Ubuntu
uploads indeed.

Martin
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