On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 07:44:18PM +0100, Sandro Tosi wrote: <snip>> > > While I like the "source + trow away" solution, I'd also like to ask > you to please consider some methods to allow the "throw away" step on > the developer machine, for example having dput/dupload not upload the > .debs (so .changes still has them listed, but are not actually > uploaded) and still accepting the upload. > > There are (still) people with slow internet connections or with very > huge packages, with several binary packages, that would benefit a lot > with this option. > > Additionally, things like NMUs or QA uploads (so where the tarball is > not, generally, changed), would reduce to a ".dsc + .diff.gz + > .changes" file set, that's a lot faster to upload. > > Thanks for considering,
I assume there is some check done on ftp-master involving the binary for some reasons. Would it be possible to do this check on the developers machine and simplely send a 'it passed the check' message instead? Thus saving the bandwidth? -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | http://kevix.myopenid.com | | : :' : The Universal OS | mysite.verizon.net/kevin.mark/ | | `. `' http://www.debian.org/ | http://counter.li.org [#238656]| |___`-____Unless I ask to be CCd, assume I am subscribed _________| -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
