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? -- Christian Robottom Reis | http://async.com.br/~kiko/ | [+55 16] 3376 0125
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