build-from-branch into the primary archive

[Benjamin Drung]

Am Dienstag, den 22.02.2011, 22:38 +0100 schrieb 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.

Unless the Ubuntu package is maintained in the Debian vcs too (like vlc,
eclipse, ...).

-- 
Benjamin Drung
Debian & Ubuntu Developer
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