On Tue, Jul 21, 2020 at 11:11:13AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > 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.
All considering, an extra, special field in the .changes that instruct
dak to just not throw away the binaries just for that specific upload
would be more than enough to do what you say.
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