On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 02:21:30PM +0000, Paul Wise wrote: > Personally, I think we should discard binaries from all sourceful > uploads and only accept binaries from binary-only uploads such as the > uploads done by the buildds.
The reason we don't do this is because of bootstrapping: some tools require themselves to build, so you need to cross-build them on a different architecture, upload the cross-built binary, get an exception for that upload, and then re-upload the same version so it gets built on the buildds. If you have a solution for that issue that allows not accepting bootstrapped binaries in unstable, then by all means suggest it. Otherwise I think the current situation is the best possible solution given the requirements that exist. Having said that, a warning by dupload or dak that you're uploading binaries to unstable and is this really what you want would definitely seem appropriate. -- To the thief who stole my anti-depressants: I hope you're happy -- seen somewhere on the Internet on a photo of a billboard
