tags 275642 -moreinfo tags 275642 +confirmed thanks On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 07:15:22PM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Joel Aelwyn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050120 19:10]: > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 10:30:03AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > > > However, I think this feature still makes sense: > > > > > > For example, autobuilders need an unique distribution name to decide > > > where to upload packages to. So, e.g. for dak.ganneff.de, uploads may > > > also go to unstable-ganneff; they are however mapped to unstable. From > > > the users point of view, unstable-ganneff doesn't exist. The situation > > > for volatile is similar: Uploads to stable end up in stable-volatile - > > > but, there is for obvious reasons no symlink there. > > > One additional question - do these distribution entries need Release > > files, and if so, what should be placed in them? Normally a Release > > file for sid will have the name 'unstable' in it, for example; since > > these are not supposed to be user-visible, and Release files always are, > > should the Release file not exist at all, or should it be filled out > > with the target distribution name? > > No release files, nothing. At a very early stage of upload, they are > replaced by the "visible" names.
Yeah, sorry; I was sort of rambling along in my head and typing at the
same time. I probably should have removed this section once I figured
out the stuff I listed below it.
> > Can a "virtual" dist (say, unstable-ganneff) target a symbolic name
> > ("unstable"), or must it target a codename that appears as a primary entry
> > on the filesystem ("sid")?
>
> Frankly speaking, I don't mind. You can achive the same result in either
> case, and - it's only a configuration difference.
>
> > [...]
> > Does this make sense?
>
> Yes.
True, you can, but the proposed way happens to make it drastically simpler
within debpool; it's just an additional set of forward aliases with no
reverse handling needed, and which can have certain requirements enforced
for sanity sake (that they must target an existing, real distribution).
I think I have enough to go with it for now - and enough to agree that
this is worth implementing.
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