2009/8/26 Jeremiah Foster <[email protected]>: > > On Aug 26, 2009, at 18:05, Andrew Flegg wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 16:25, Ed Bartosh<[email protected]> wrote: >>> 2009/8/26 Andrew Flegg <[email protected]>: >>>> On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 16:17, Ed Bartosh<[email protected]> 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 _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
