Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-29 Thread Jon Dowland
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 08:03:02AM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: > I'd prefer if such a tool could replace an existing one. Why not aim at > replacing dput if there's a reason for it? I must concur. I can't see the reason for dput, dupload and dput-ng to co-exist. If dput-ng has the momentum and is a

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-29 Thread Jon Dowland
On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 03:53:42PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Wrong. It will be a new thing, not related to the previous thing. It's evidently related: if not in terms of actual reused code but in terms of who is expected to use it and what it is to be used for. > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 01:

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-29 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 01:19:31PM -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > > If not, why are you claiming to replace their code? It's fine to be > > writing "something else" to replace older code; but it's fairly rude to > > be claiming that whatev

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Philipp Kern
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 02:40:53PM +0100, Arno Töll wrote: > Yes, I know it still lacks code name aliases, but that's something we > are aware of. Also, the user prompting interface is not very clean yet :) Please make sure that it can be overridden on the commandline, thanks. Kind regards Philip

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Michael Gilbert
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > If not, why are you claiming to replace their code? It's fine to be > writing "something else" to replace older code; but it's fairly rude to > be claiming that whatever you're writing is the "next generation" of > that older code Any rewr

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Paul Tagliamonte
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 05:25:20PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 11:15:47AM +0100, Arno Töll wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 28.10.2012 08:03, Philipp Kern wrote: > > > I'd prefer if such a tool could replace an existing one. Why not aim at > > > replacing dput if there's a rea

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 11:15:47AM +0100, Arno Töll wrote: > Hi, > > On 28.10.2012 08:03, Philipp Kern wrote: > > I'd prefer if such a tool could replace an existing one. Why not aim at > > replacing dput if there's a reason for it? > > As for us, we'd welcome that. However, that's primarily left

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Arno Töll
Hi, On 28.10.2012 14:15, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On 28.10.2012 13:06, Arno Töll wrote: >> On 28.10.2012 13:57, Florian Weimer wrote: >>> Does it prevent uploading security updates to the main archive by >>> default? >> >> Adam, with his Release Team hat on, suggested us to prevent this for >> t-p

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Adam D. Barratt
On 28.10.2012 13:06, Arno Töll wrote: On 28.10.2012 13:57, Florian Weimer wrote: Does it prevent uploading security updates to the main archive by default? Adam, with his Release Team hat on, suggested us to prevent this for t-p-u likewise. I think it was p-u, but more as a grumble about an

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Arno Töll
Hi, On 28.10.2012 13:57, Florian Weimer wrote: > Does it prevent uploading security updates to the main archive by > default? Adam, with his Release Team hat on, suggested us to prevent this for t-p-u likewise. We have the infrastructure and possibilities to implement a check like this, and it is

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Florian Weimer
* Arno Töll: > dput-ng features many enhancements over dput, such as more > comprehensive checks, an easy to use plugin system, and code > designed to handle the numerous archives that any Debian package > hacker will interact with. Does it prevent uploading security updates to the main archive b

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Arno Töll
Hi, On 28.10.2012 08:03, Philipp Kern wrote: > I'd prefer if such a tool could replace an existing one. Why not aim at > replacing dput if there's a reason for it? As for us, we'd welcome that. However, that's primarily left to the current dput maintainer and his interest in that. Also note, we k

Re: Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-28 Thread Philipp Kern
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Bug#691624: ITP: dput-ng -- next generation Debian package upload tool

2012-10-27 Thread Arno Töll
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: "Arno Töll" Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Arno Töll thanks * Package name: dput-ng Version : 1.0.0 Upstream Author : Arno Töll , Paul Tagliamonte * URL : http://people.debian.org/~paultag/dput-ng * License :