Control: tag -1 wontfix Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: > I agree with Simon that we should definitely discard maintainer-built > binaries from NEW (i also think we should discard them everywhere, but i > agree that NEW includes extra problems due to delays, transitions, etc). > > If the goal is to ensure that the uploader has actually built binaries > (i.e. that they're not just blindly uploading source packages without > even trying to build them), then another option might be to accept > source-only uploads that include .buildinfo files that refer to specific > binaries.
The reason we currently require NEW uploads to include binary package is that they are easier to review than source-only uploads w.r.t. what will actually end up in a binary package. Some bits of the tools also assume that binaries are included. I'm not sure we should throw away included binaries either; that just means two packages with the same version, but different contents exist. Eventually moving to source-only uploads also for NEW seems to be the better solution to me. That's why I set the bug to "wontfix" for now. Ansgar
