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

[From: Ed Bartosh]

2009/8/26 Jeremiah Foster <jeremiah at jeremiahfoster.com>:
>
> 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.
>
I understand that. If you may notice we're already using our own
builder instead of wanna-build or whatever Debian uses for this.

What I want is to find the way to upload multiple packages as a one
group using already known tool. If it's not possible, then I'll use
scp or write new tool on top of it.

-- 
BR,
Ed