> Can then the packaging guide suggest to check debcheckout or something else like Vcs-Bzr to check which branch is actually the packaging branch?
That's the case for desktop packages, but not most of universe. There are packages with Vcs-Bzr pointing at alioth (I maintain a couple of those). We discussed this in #ubuntu-devel the other night: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/07/06/%23ubuntu-devel.html#t15:28 Either we need to: 1. mangle Vcs fields, so only Ubuntu-specific Vcs-Bzr fields remain, 2. use XS-Ubuntu-Vcs-Bzr, fallback to UDD, 3. use Vcs-Bzr when "ubuntu" is in the version, fallback to UDD, 4. look for "ubuntu" in Vcs-Bzr, fallback to UDD, or 5. combine 2 with 3 or 4 1. requires no tool changes. 1 and 2 but wouldn't be usable until every desktop package was updated. 2, 3, 4 and 5 require patching debcheckout / another tool (pull-lp-source could be taught to do this) I don't think the packaging guide should be updated until a choice is taken here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Packaging Guide Team, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Packaging Guide. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/800768 Title: packaging guide should suggest to try debcheckout or look at Vcs-Bzr Status in Ubuntu Packaging Guide: New Bug description: We have some packages having debian/ only directory and not set to lp:ubuntu/<package_name>. It's the case for most of ubuntu-desktop package and some other packages where dx is upstreamed. People contributing to ubuntu will follow http://people.canonical.com/~dholbach/packaging-guide/html/udd- intro.html#getting-the-source and so, propose the patch against the wrong branch. See here an example: https://code.launchpad.net/~amoog/ubuntu/oneiric/libqtbamf/lp-765915/+merge/65132 I discussed about launchpad automatically taking Vcs-Bzr in my last patch pilot report: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu- devel/2011-June/033449.html However, it seems that for debian/ only packaging branch, it's not suited to set it them. Can then the packaging guide suggest to check debcheckout or something else like Vcs-Bzr to check which branch is actually the packaging branch? To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-packaging-guide/+bug/800768/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-packaging-guide-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-packaging-guide-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
