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Keep both sources and binaries for existing packages on Launchpad until the newer version has been successfully built on all specified platforms

Bug #606075 reported by Ryan Oram
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Bug Description

Currently only the latest source packages and binaries are listed on Launchpad. This leads to a problem where the existing successfully built package can not be accessed via the Launchpad interface, even if the build of the newer build has failed. Indeed, in this scenario, it is the older package that is installed when the PPA is added and the package is installed via apt.

This also poses a problem where the package will fail to copy to another PPA if the newer package has failed to build. (Bug 604469)

The best solution to this problem is to keep both the older sources and binaries on Launchpad until the newer package has successfully built.

Tags: lp-soyuz
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Ryan Oram (infinityos) wrote : Re: Keep both sources and binaries for existing packages until the newer version has been successfully built on all specified platforms

A good example of this problem is the "vala" package on vala-team/ppa.

http://ppa.launchpad.net/vala-team/ppa/ubuntu/pool/main/v/vala/

The sources for vala_0.9.1-1~llvala1 AND vala_0.9.2-2~llvala1 are available in the apt repo. However, only the binaries for vala_0.9.1-1~llvala are available.

https://launchpad.net/~vala-team/+archive/ppa

However, on Launchpad, only vala_0.9.2-2~llvala1 is listed, indicating a failed build. This is misleading as both the sources and the binaries for vala_0.9.1-1~llvala1 are available via apt, and it is vala_0.9.1-1~llvala1 that will installed when the vala package is installed using apt-get.

summary: - Keep both sources and binaries for existing successfully built packages
- until the newer version has been successfully built on all specified
- platforms
+ Keep both sources and binaries for existing packages until the newer
+ version has been successfully built on all specified platforms
summary: - Keep both sources and binaries for existing packages until the newer
- version has been successfully built on all specified platforms
+ Keep both sources and binaries for existing packages on Launchpad until
+ the newer version has been successfully built on all specified platforms
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Ryan Oram (infinityos) wrote :

This bug is the problem, Bug 39630 is the symptom.

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Ryan Oram (infinityos) wrote :

Whoops. Edit:

This bug is the problem, Bug 604469 is the symptom. ;)

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