should be able to specify target distribution in ubuntu-application (unable to upload to PPA if not on Ubuntu)
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Umang Varma | ||
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Fix Released
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Bug Description
After Martin Pitt fixed a bug on Debian I was able to try to upload to a PPA (http://
Since python-mkdebian (on Debian) will now give us a changelog with unstable as the distribution, I suggest any one of the following:
1. ubuntu-template checks if the distribution is unstable and changes it to the current ubuntu distribution if it is
2. quickly allows a --distribution option to commands like share (this is very easy to implement as we will just need to run `dch -D <distribution> --force-
I am for the second option. If this is agreed upon, I could try to implement it.
From what I can see, all other hurdles in getting a Debian package uploaded to a PPA on Launchpad from a Debian computer have been cleared with http://
Related branches
- Didier Roche-Tolomelli: Approve
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Diff: 54 lines (+20/-1)2 files modifieddata/templates/ubuntu-application/configure.py (+14/-1)
data/templates/ubuntu-application/internal/packaging.py (+6/-0)
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status: | In Progress → Fix Committed |
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status: | New → Triaged |
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status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
I've made a --distribution option. Please do look to see if this seems like the right way to go.