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Re: my 2 cents to PPA evaluation.



On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 02:56:09PM -0300, Celso Providelo wrote:
>  1. Enable uploads to post-release pockets in PPA. They would use the
> respective (and maintained) ubuntu chroots and get build-deps
> according the target pocket.

I dislike this solution as it will add a layer of complication only to
work around a technicality (the fact that the chroots hardcode the
pocket dependencies).

>  2. Wait for 'archive_purpose-specific-chroots' implementation, when
> we will be able to customize the 'release' chroot for PPA to grab
> build-deps from post-release pockets.

Either that, or being able to specify the dependencies externally, would
solve the building side of the problem..

> Another major side-effect of the second solution is that PPA users
> (clients) will have to enable all post-release pockets in their
> systems in other to install possible binary-dependencies required in
> PPA packages.

But not the binary-rependency side. Hmm, that is indeed rather an
unfortunate side-effect; however, in a way it is a separate problem, and
the problem of being unable to build-depend on newer versions published
seems to be the worse of the two. What do others think?
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