Package: release.debian.org Severity: wishlist Hi!
I've had for a while a new hook for dupload that adds a transitions check for Debian hosts, for sourceful uploads targeting unstable (to avoid disrupting buildd or porter uploads, or uninteresting suites). I've just finished polishing it, and the main lingering question I've had all along has been whether you think this would actually be useful and/or desired at all, see below. The hook is currently using https://release.debian.org/transitions/export/packages.yaml, and prompting in case that source package is part of any ongoing transition. I wondered also whether checking https://ftp-master.debian.org/transitions.yaml would be useful, but I'm not sure whether that is or has ever been used? You can see the commit at <https://git.hadrons.org/cgit/debian/dpkg/dupload.git/commit/?h=pu/transition-check>. For a package currently under transitions such as dart, the hook output and interaction could be right now: ,--- Source dart is part of ongoing transitions: auto-tinyxml2 boost1.83 Continue anyway? (yes/NO) Ok, aborting upload. `--- So I guess my questions would be whether you think this is helpful or useful at all? If so, whether the criteria is adequate or it needs to be changed? Whether this should be a prompt, or maybe only an info or warning? And any other comment or suggestion you might have! Thanks, Guillem
