[maemo-developers] Uploading software to Maemo repos

[From: Nathan Anderson]

Jeremiah,

	I'm not trying to be at all argumentive, I just would like to know
the reasons.


> 	1. Why will they not go through?  What is so special that they
aren't 
> allowed?

>>Because there are other versions which are needed to build other
packages.<<


	Yes, but the build server should reset to known good config; why
would someone building a newer version of debconf break it?   


> 
> 	2. Is their a list of packages that are not allowed, and why isn't
it 
> linked to on the main upload page.

>>Have you read the wiki? Or any other development documentation?<<

	Yes, in fact I've edited the docs when I've found things wrong.
But I don't ever recall reading anything about building debconf breaking the
builder and that I should not attempt to build it.  Can you point to which
wiki document has the info on "bad" packages not to build.  I'd like to know
so if in the future I can avoid them.  (And as a recommendation, I would
recommend someone add that as a link to the main package upload page)

Nathan.


> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org
> [mailto:maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of Jeremiah 
> Foster
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 9:24 AM
> To: Bryan Jacobs
> Cc: maemo-developers mailing-list
> Subject: Re: Uploading software to Maemo repos
> 
> 
> On Jan 1, 2010, at 16:22, Bryan Jacobs wrote:
> 
>> Jeremiah,
>> 
>> I needed ss-dev, debconf-utils, and a few other packages which *were* 
>> built from the Nokia official sources but which *were not* present in 
>> any repository I could find.  The packages I built which are also in 
>> the official Nokia repository (e2fsprogs and debconf) are unmodified 
>> and constructed via apt-get source; dpkg-buildpackage.
> 
> They will not go through - there is a check on the builder that 
> prevents that sort of thing from happening, though the check sometimes 
> fails. Do you read your build logs?
> 
> Jeremiah
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