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ppaput confuses users

Bug #145895 reported by Philipp Kern
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubuntu-dev-tools

ppaput follows up on bug reports stated as closed in the changelog. Fine so far. But the instructions it gives are for the sponsors but not clearly marked as such. Thus users try them out and fail because it does not install a package but only download the source of it.

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

1) ppaput follows up on bug reports stated as closed in the changelog. Fine so far.
     - That's because once the upload to Ubuntu happens, the bug gets automatically closed.

2) But the instructions it gives are for the sponsors but not clearly marked as such. Thus users try them out and fail because it does not install a package but only download the source of it.
     - What do you recommend? Adding a stanza about how to install the test package?

Changed in ubuntu-dev-tools:
status: New → Incomplete
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Philipp Kern (pkern) wrote :

> What do you recommend? Adding a stanza about how to install the test package?

Yes, please, maybe even a boilerplate "if this fixes the issue for you, please follow-up on the bugreport". (But yes, there is also some delay until the package is built by the farm, so this should maybe be stated too.)

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Daniel Holbach (dholbach) wrote :

ubuntu-dev-tools (0.15) gutsy; urgency=low

  [ Laurent Bigonville ]
  * update-maintainer: correctly pass path to dch (LP: #141015)

  [ Daniel Holbach ]
  * ppaput:
    - fix indentation issues.
    - now respects the PPA section the package goes to (LP: #146161)
    - add comment to bug about how to test the resulting .deb (LP: #145895)

 -- Daniel Holbach <email address hidden> Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:56:18 +0200

Changed in ubuntu-dev-tools:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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