Very nice and much needed improvements!

Thanks a lot,

Luca Donaggio

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Vlad Vasiliev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Niels Breet wrote:
> > This week we've added some new features to the autobuilder and Extras
> > Assistant. I hope developers will like these changes:
> >
> > Rejecting packages when the exact version is uploaded for the second
> time.
> >
> > The autobuilder has been modified to reject a package when the same
> > version is already available in the extras-devel repository. This change
> > will force developers to increase their package version number after each
> > successful upload and build. In the past we've had problems in the
> > repository where a package was uploaded twice and caused 'Size Mismatch'
> > errors[1].
> >
> > Package signing no longer required.
> >
> > The autobuilder and Extras Assistant no longer require packages to be GPG
> > signed. It seemed to cause a lot of grief for developers without any real
> > benefits. This change is targetted to making uploading packages easier.
> > Every uploader has to be authenticated to upload a package, so we can
> > already trace back the uploader. The autobuilder signs packages which are
> > moved into the repository.
> >
> > Upload to multiple repositories at the same time.
> >
> > You can now use the Extras Assistant[2] to upload a source package to
> > chinook and diablo at the same time. No need to do two separate uploads
> > anymore. This feature has been requested for quite some time, let's hope
> > it helps.
> >
> >
> Good work. Thanks guys.
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Vlad Vasiliev
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