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= launchpad-dependencies =  = launchpad-dependencies =
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bzr builddeb --native -- --no-lintian bzr builddeb
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bzr builddeb -S --native -- --no-lintian bzr builddeb -S
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dput ppa:launchpad/ppa ../launchpad-dependencies_<whatever>_source.changes debsign -S
debrelease --dput -S ppa:launchpad/ppa
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 1. If uploading a version from the trunk branch, after it has built, go to the PPA +copy-packages page copy it to all the other distroseries that the trunk branch is currently serving.
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= Rebuilds to restore Python 2.4 support = = Rebuilds to restore older Python support =
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maxb is leading a migration towards using no-source-change rebuilds for this where possible. In jaunty/karmic, the need was to re-add Python 2.4 support. Launchpad made it to Python 2.5 for Karmic... and now the need is to re-add Python 2.5 support in lucid packages.

This should generally be done with a no-source-change rebuild where possible.
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  * python-defaults - https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~maxb/ubuntu/karmic/python-defaults/launchpad-ppa

 * Sourceful changes - not in bzr branches
  * pysvn - debian/rules required rework to deal with changed Python versions. Should go to branch and should be pushed upstream.
  * python-defaults
   * https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~launchpad-committers/ubuntu/karmic/python-defaults/launchpad-ppa
   * https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~launchpad-committers/ubuntu/lucid/python-defaults/launchpad-ppa
    * NB: There are unmerged changes in the karmic branch which need merging to the lucid branch.
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   * Embedded list of supported python versions is changed.
   * Python version-specific Provides added, so that launchpad-dependencies can enforce a launchpad-modified version.
  * subversion - requires XS-Python-Version amendment. Change to trivial to be worth maintaining in a bzr branch.
   * https://code.edge.launchpad.net/~launchpad-committers/ubuntu/lucid/python-support/launchpad-ppa
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  * python-imaging
  * python-sqlite

 * No-source-change rebuilds
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  * python-imaging
  * python-sqlite
  * tickcount

 * No-source-change rebuilds
  * pysvn (since lucid; earlier patching in branches)
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  * subversion (since lucid)
  * tickcount

This page is documentation for uploaders to the Launchpad PPA.

The Launchpad PPA (https://launchpad.net/~launchpad/+archive/ppa) contains dependencies for running Launchpad.

launchpad-dependencies

The launchpad-dependencies source is managed in Bazaar branches at https://code.launchpad.net/meta-lp-deps.

Policy/procedure for updates:

  1. Exercise personal judgment on whether your change merits a merge proposal, or is sufficiently trivial to just be committed directly.
  2. If preparing a merge proposal, please ensure your branch for review contains a complete debian/changelog entry ready for release.
  3. Go to the trunk (or older distro) branch and merge / commit or pull changes ready to build.
  4. Test-build your package:

    bzr builddeb
  5. Actually build your source upload:

    bzr builddeb -S
  6. Tag it, push it, upload it:

    bzr mark-uploaded
    bzr push
    debsign -S
    debrelease --dput -S ppa:launchpad/ppa
  7. If uploading a version from the trunk branch, after it has built, go to the PPA +copy-packages page copy it to all the other distroseries that the trunk branch is currently serving.

geoip-data-city-lite

This package is a single data file, which upstream publishes updates to monthly. Why haven't we updated it since 2008?

Rebuilds to restore older Python support

Most of the PPA is rebuilds of python library packages to re-instate support for the old Python version Launchpad requires, which has since been dropped as a supported version in Ubuntu.

In jaunty/karmic, the need was to re-add Python 2.4 support. Launchpad made it to Python 2.5 for Karmic... and now the need is to re-add Python 2.5 support in lucid packages.

This should generally be done with a no-source-change rebuild where possible.

LaunchpadPpa (last edited 2021-08-24 10:48:34 by cjwatson)