Change from precise to all versions

[Anton Balashov]

Hi, Alessandro.

> copy the resulting package to the other releases

It's great idea, but what about an error?

*Launchpad encountered an error during the following operation: copying a
package.  curseofwar 1.1.4-1~13.04ppa1 in raring (same version already has
published binaries in the destination archive)*


2013/7/19 Alessandro Menti <alessandro.menti at hotmail.it>

> Il 19/07/2013 10:50, Hannie Dumoleyn ha scritto:
> > I managed to upload my test package "ubuntumanualnl" to my personal ppa
> (3).
> > My current changelog has this line:
> > ubuntumanualnl (12.04ubuntu1) precise; urgency=low
> > Now I want to change precise to all versions.
> > I read (1) and (2), but they do not give me the right answer to my
> > question. When I click on "take a look at the Ubuntu Mobile team's PPA
> > copy packages
> > <https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-mobile/+archive/ppa/+copy-packages>
> > page." I get
> > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mobile/+archive/ppa/+copy-packages > This
> > page does not exist, or you may not have permission to see it.
> > Can anyone let me know what is the easiest way to change from precise
> > only to all versions?
> > This manual is written for precise, but people should be able to install
> > it from whatever ubuntu version they have.
> > Hannie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > (1) https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/BuildingASourcePackage
> > (2) https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/Copying
> > (3) https://launchpad.net/~lafeber-dumoleyn/+archive/ubuntuhandleiding
> >
> >
> >
> Hi Hannie,
> there is no way, currently, to make a package automatically available
> for all Ubuntu versions; that choice prevents potential compatibility
> problems between releases.
>
> You can, however, build your manual for the lowest Ubuntu version you
> intend to support, then copy the resulting package to the other
> releases: go to your PPA page [1], then click on "View package details"
> on the right. On the package details page there is a "Copy packages"
> link [2] that will allow you to perform that operation.
>
> You will be asked to choose:
> - the source packages you want to copy (choose "ubuntumanualnl");
> - the destination PPA (choose your PPA, "ubuntuhandleiding");
> - the destination series (choose the releases you want to copy the
> package to);
> - if you want to "copy the binary package" (reuse the existing .deb
> generated for Precise) or rebuild from source.
>
> As for the last point, since your package contains only a PDF file plus
> some desktop integration [3], there are no compatibility problems, so
> you can just choose to copy the binary package. (If the package
> contained executables or libraries, you would need to test if the
> original .deb is compatible, then choose to rebuild or not. There is a
> thread on this list containing some notes on that matter, see [4]).
>
> Hope this helps,
> Alessandro Menti
>
> [1] https://launchpad.net/~lafeber-dumoleyn/+archive/ubuntuhandleiding
> [2]
>
> https://launchpad.net/~lafeber-dumoleyn/+archive/ubuntuhandleiding/+copy-packages
> [3]
>
> https://launchpadlibrarian.net/145191687/buildlog_ubuntu-precise-i386.ubuntumanualnl_12.04ubuntu1_UPLOADING.txt.gz
> [4] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-motu/2013-July/007473.html
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