Bug#657212: include extra sources in Sources
Hi, Philipp Kern pk...@debian.org writes: On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:01:33PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: I would like to include sources in extra_src_references in the Sources index or an extra file. This would allow to retrieve sources only referenced via Built-Using to be retrieved via apt-get should one have interest in them. It also allows debmirror and similar tools to grab the entire source for a release (including source packages only referenced via Built-Using). How would one distinguish them? wanna-build might in some circumstances try to build them because they're obviously missing their binaries. (It should not happen if there's a newer source version available, but it could happen for instance with source package (and binary packages) renames.) The last idea was to use the Priority field for this as it is not really used for Sources right now (most source packages have Priority: source). The extra sources would have Priority: extra while the regular source packages would be Priority: optional. Note that we cannot guarantee anything about version numbers: a source introduced by Built-Using might be older or newer than the regular source package; or it might introduce packages that would otherwise not be in the given suite. Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#657212: include extra sources in Sources
On Thu, Aug 02, 2012 at 08:58:51PM +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: The last idea was to use the Priority field for this as it is not really used for Sources right now (most source packages have Priority: source). The extra sources would have Priority: extra while the regular source packages would be Priority: optional. I find that very crude. It would really be an implementation detail of how to deal with the missing overrides than a way of marking not-really-part-of-the-suite source packages. Note that we cannot guarantee anything about version numbers: a source introduced by Built-Using might be older or newer than the regular source package; or it might introduce packages that would otherwise not be in the given suite. Yep. That's what concerns me from the wanna-build side. We really need a reliable way to filter them out. Kind regards Philipp Kern signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#657212: include extra sources in Sources
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 10:01:33PM +0100, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: I would like to include sources in extra_src_references in the Sources index or an extra file. This would allow to retrieve sources only referenced via Built-Using to be retrieved via apt-get should one have interest in them. It also allows debmirror and similar tools to grab the entire source for a release (including source packages only referenced via Built-Using). How would one distinguish them? wanna-build might in some circumstances try to build them because they're obviously missing their binaries. (It should not happen if there's a newer source version available, but it could happen for instance with source package (and binary packages) renames.) So it would be better if we could filter them out somehow, I think. Kind regards Philipp Kern signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#657212: include extra sources in Sources
Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: wishlist User: ftp.debian@packages.debian.org I would like to include sources in extra_src_references in the Sources index or an extra file. This would allow to retrieve sources only referenced via Built-Using to be retrieved via apt-get should one have interest in them. It also allows debmirror and similar tools to grab the entire source for a release (including source packages only referenced via Built-Using). Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
