update backportpackage and requestbackport scripts to behave according to new backport process

Regarding the requestbackport package, it is really only the template for the bug report that needs to change from memory. I don't think it had any other workflow related information. Once that is fixed, it just needs a reference from the backports process wiki again (like it used to have).

Regarding the backportpackage script, I just tried it, and it is fine for testing in a ppa. I think we could already recommend using this on the wiki with a ppa specified in the -u option. Perhaps a warning not to upload to the archive with it yet would be required though. I had hoped I could specify the new "bpo" version string with the suffix option, but according to the manpage, the "~ubuntu" bit is hardwired:
-S SUFFIX, --suffix=SUFFIX
              Add the specified suffix to the version number when backporting.
              backportpackage will always append ~ubuntuDESTINATION.1 to the
              original version number, and if SUFFIX is specified, it is ap‐
              pended to that, to get version numbers of the form ORIGINAL_VER‐
              SION~ubuntuDESTINATION.1SUFFIX. If the backported package is be‐
              ing uploaded to a PPA, then SUFFIX defaults to ~ppa1, otherwise
              the default is blank.

Now that a bug is always required, I suppose the script should prompt for that, and the "-c/--close" options be taken away.

Which version have you tested? backportpackge in u-d-t 0.187+ should
already be using the ~bp suffix.
Notably, note that 0.187 is available in focal-bpo.

On Sun, 13 Feb 2022, 8:35 pm Ross Gammon, <email address hidden>
wrote:

> Regarding the requestbackport package, it is really only the template
> for the bug report that needs to change from memory. I don't think it
> had any other workflow related information. Once that is fixed, it just
> needs a reference from the backports process wiki again (like it used to
> have).
>
> Regarding the backportpackage script, I just tried it, and it is fine for
> testing in a ppa. I think we could already recommend using this on the wiki
> with a ppa specified in the -u option. Perhaps a warning not to upload to
> the archive with it yet would be required though. I had hoped I could
> specify the new "bpo" version string with the suffix option, but according
> to the manpage, the "~ubuntu" bit is hardwired:
> -S SUFFIX, --suffix=SUFFIX
> Add the specified suffix to the version number when
> backporting.
> backportpackage will always append ~ubuntuDESTINATION.1 to
> the
> original version number, and if SUFFIX is specified, it is
> ap‐
> pended to that, to get version numbers of the form
> ORIGINAL_VER‐
> SION~ubuntuDESTINATION.1SUFFIX. If the backported package is
> be‐
> ing uploaded to a PPA, then SUFFIX defaults to ~ppa1,
> otherwise
> the default is blank.
>
> Now that a bug is always required, I suppose the script should prompt
> for that, and the "-c/--close" options be taken away.
>
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I just committed 0f3d2fed2a4ed67b90b5d49aab25ca2bda5d9d37 updating requestbackport.

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-dev-tools - 0.192

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ubuntu-dev-tools (0.192) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ Benjamin Drung ]
  * sponsor-patch:
    + Ignore exit code 1 of debdiff call.
    + Use --skip-patches instead of --no-preparation with dpkg-source -x.
  * Demote bzr/brz from Recommends to Suggests, as nowadays git is the way.
    Closes: #940531
  * Use PEP440 compliant version in setup.py (LP: #1991606)
  * Fix issues found by flake8 on the Python scripts
  * Check Python scripts with flake8 again
  * Format Python code with black and run black during package build
  * Sort Python imports with isort and run isort during package build
  * Replace deprecated optparse with argparse
  * requestbackport: Remove useless loop from locate_package
  * reverse-depends: Restore field titles format
  * test: Fix deprecated return value for test case
  * Fix all errors and warnings found by pylint and implement most refactorings
    and conventions. Run pylint during package build again.
  * Bump Standards-Version to 4.6.2
  * Drop unneeded X-Python3-Version from d/control

  [ Masahiro Yamada ]
  * mk-sbuild:
    + Handle the new location of the Debian bullseye security archive.
      Closes: #1001832; LP: #1955116

  [ Mattia Rizzolo ]
  * requestbackport:
    + Apply patch from Krytarik Raido and Unit 193 to update the template and
      workflow after the new Ubuntu Backport process has been established.
      LP: #1959115

 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Feb 2023 12:45:15 +0100