> fwiw, there is also the "portext" command, letting you do "no changes > ports" just from a DSC-URL to any mini-buildd distribution.
That looks great. The documentation said barely nothing about portext except auto-generated python docs, so it would be better if we document it further :-) > >> I suggest that we provide a series of template similar to official >> Debian repo. > > (...) > > Iiuuc ;), there actually is such a thing via the Layout (see extra > options). There is also the per-wizard-predefined Layout "Debian > Developer" which already comes with aliases for sid afair: > > --- > Supported extra options > Meta-Distributions: META=CODENAME-SUITE[ META=CODENAME-SUITE[...: > Support METAs alone as distribution identifier. > > Meta distribution identifiers should be unique across all repositories; > usually, a layout with meta distributions should only be used by at > most one repository. > > Example: Meta-Distributions: unstable=sid-unstable experimental=sid- > experimental (see standard layout 'Debian Developer'), to allow > upload/testing of packages (to unstable,experimental,..) aimed for > Debian. > --- > > I hope that is what you are looking for? Exactly, but that raises new questions: Since we may have multiple repositories using various layouts (selecting from pre-defined 3 layouts or even custom layouts), when at least one repository has enabled the Meta-distribution feature, when uploading a package with "unstable" written in d/changelog, how does mini-buildd determine which repository this package should go into? I made a test here. If I kept only one repository and set it into "Debian Developer" layout, then upload a normal source package (written "unstable" in d/changelog) into mini-buildd, luckily mini-buildd accepted the upload and did not reject it, but afterwards it raises Internal Exception: 2016-07-31 12:20:07,302 mini_buildd.packager (0082): WARNING : Unauthenticated uploads allowed. Using 'nixnote2_2.0~beta8+20160727+ds-1_amd64.changes' unchecked 2016-07-31 12:20:08,073 mini_buildd.builder (0040): ERROR : Internal error building: Malformed distribution 'unstable': Must be 'CODENAME-REPOID-SUITE[-rollbackN]' 2016-07-31 12:20:08,183 mini_buildd.builder (0040): ERROR : Internal error building: Malformed distribution 'unstable': Must be 'CODENAME-REPOID-SUITE[-rollbackN]' 2016-07-31 12:20:08,431 mini_buildd.packager (0040): ERROR : Package 'nixnote2_2.0~beta8+20160727+ds-1' FAILED: 2 mandatory architecture(s) missing: amd64 i386 The building log says, Host: localhost Build request failed: 101 (builder-failed): Malformed distribution 'unstable': Must be 'CODENAME-REPOID-SUITE[-rollbackN]' Did I miss something? Actually the only thing I want to do is to upload a package that conform to official debian policy and get the package accepted, built and released under a certain repository. Thanks, Boyuan
