Could PPAs accept <distro>-proposed pockets?

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Fri Dec 14 14:06:22 UTC 2012


On Friday, December 14, 2012 11:50:40 AM Andreas Hasenack wrote:
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> Hi,
> 
> I tend to use PPAs to test-build my packages before I upload to
> proposed for SRUs.
> 
> PPAs are very convenient for this. I get to test the build and it also
> makes the packages available for me in a repository.
> 
> Problem is, I tend to forget to adjust the changelog line from, say,
> "precise-proposed" to "precise" before uploading to the PPA, and then
> I get this rejection email:
> 
> Rejected:
> PPA uploads must be for the RELEASE pocket.
> 
> Would it be possible to make the PPAs accept these <distro>-proposed
> uploads? Maybe mangle them into <distro> on-the-fly or something?

This is a Launchpad issue.  Nothing to do with Ubuntu development.

Scott K



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