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[James Westby <jw+debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 20:13:12 +0100, Max Bowsher <maxb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> OOI, what's the UI going to look here?
> 
> For example +sourcepub/id/+listing-archive-extra
> 
> =====================================
> Publishing details
> *Published* on yyyy-mm-dd
> *Copied from* an archive which has been deleted
> Changelog
> 
>   foo (1.0-1) lucid; urgency=low
> =====================================

That's what I was going to go for if we delete the archives.

> The loss of information for copied packages troubles me a bit, but I can
> see there's no nice answer here - people will hate it if copied builds
> block PPA deletion.

I think the information loss won't be too bad. You will still be able to
get to the build etc., you just won't know the name of the archive where
it came from.

Thanks,

James