pbuilder twice in a row option
Nicolas Valcarcel
nvalcarcel at ubuntu.com
Mon Aug 4 02:26:49 BST 2008
Sounds fair to me, i will change the name of the option to --build-twice
On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 14:20 -0700, Jonathan Marsden wrote:
> Nicolas Valcarcel wrote:
>
> > I've just write a --build-twice-in-a-row feature for pbuilder that
> > allows pbuilder users to test if clean work as expected and i need some
> > testing, so far i have test it and it's working, but i will prefer to
> > have a second (or more) opinions on the feature. The new package can be
> > downloaded from my ppa [1], and i will appreciate really much that you
> > test it and send me some suggestions/comments.
>
> I like the idea and I can see its value (even though using it will make
> pbuilder even slower...!).
>
> I wonder if the option name is a little long, and hard to type? For
> example, will we really ever see a pbuilder option something like
> --build-twice-and-dance-around-the -room-between-the-two-builds ? :-) I
> suspect not. The "in-a-row" part is implied, isn't it? So, maybe the
> option could be called --build-twice which is still descriptive, but
> less typing?
>
> If there is really a need for a (not-in-a-row) option, to do something
> specific between the two builds, perhaps that can be a separate option,
> maybe --between-builds="shell-command-to-execute" ?
>
> Jonathan
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