[maemo-developers] Autobuilder: building svn tags from garage

[From: Jeremiah Foster]

On Aug 26, 2009, at 18:05, Andrew Flegg wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 16:25, Ed Bartosh<bartosh at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2009/8/26 Andrew Flegg <andrew at bleb.org>:
>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 16:17, Ed Bartosh<bartosh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Build-Depends is OK. scp is hackish.
>>>
>>> Why is scp hackish? I use it in preference to dput all the time.  
>>> What
>>> value does dput give for the extras autobuilder?
>>
>> dput is a standard tool for uploading packages to builders in Debian.
>> scp is a tool for copying files over ssh connection.
>> Don't you feel the difference?
>
> If tool A uses tool B under the covers, and is effectively no more
> than a wrapper around it, with its own config files to obfuscate
> things which add no value at all *for a particular use case*; then no,
> I don't see a difference.
>
> Maemo isn't Debian, despite being built on it, and the auto-builder
> use cases are different to those in Debian; why cling to a tool which
> is designed for one use when using scp (which is all dput is using
> here) could solve some real world problems?

This is a good point - we have a chance to reduce the bloat of the  
debian system that is designed for at least eight official  
architectures when we build only two. Plus there might be a way to  
innovate and to simplify the entire build process over time which  
would be a huge win for developers.

Jeremiah