[maemo-developers] Autogenerated .install file for maemo/extras missing

[From: Niels Breet]

> Hi,
Hi,
>
> my applications get some auto generated install file for extras-devel in
> http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/dists/chinook/install/,
> but they never get them built for extras in
> http://repository.maemo.org/extras/dists/chinook/install/ after
> promotion.
>
This is a 'bug' in the promotion interface. It doesn't use the proper
queue for moving things into Extras. We need to change the way the
promotion interface does this.

I hope we can get that fixed soon.

You can add your own .install file in your entry at maemo.org/downloads/
for now. The 'editable .install' field can be used for that. I know it is
not a perfect solution, but at least that would fix your problem for the
short-term.

> Why? And what are the extras-devel install files good for? They
> just cause average users to install extras-devel to their repository base
> which imho doesn't make much sense and can cause major harm.

The fact that they are generated doesn't mean they are for general use ;)
It makes it easy for testers, but should not be used by regular users.

Perhaps they do more harm than good, indeed. Opinions?

>
> Till

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Niels Breet
maemo.org webmaster