Re: Instructions for uploading to bookworm-backports

Soren Stoutner <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:42:45 -0700

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.backports.general
Message-ID	<4953016.ko7RHerdtD@soren-desktop>

Attached is the full source.changes file.

On Saturday, August 26, 2023 10:38:42 AM MST Boyuan Yang wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 在 2023-08-26星期六的 10:30 -0700，Soren Stoutner写道：
> 
> > I am attempting to upload a new version of Electrum to
> > bookworm-backports.  A Debian Developer previously uploaded an initial
> > version that cleared the New queue.
> > 
> > https://packages.debian.org/source/stable-backports/electrum
> > 
> > The instructions on the wiki page say to "Use dput (≥ 0.9.6.3+nmu2),
> > dput-ng or dupload to upload the resulting package (just like a regular
> > package upload). “
> > 
> > https://wiki.debian.org/BuildingFormalBackports
> > 
> > Using dput 1.1.3 I uploaded the files to ftp.upload.debian.org.
> > 
> > But I received an email in response that had the following information:
> > 
> >     Thank you for your contribution to Debian.
> >     Mapping bookworm to stable.
> >     Mapping stable to proposed-updates.
> >     Accepted:
> > 
> > This then went to the stable-new queue instead of backports.
> > 
> > The changes entry for the upload is the following:
> > 
> >     electrum (4.4.5+dfsg1-3~bpo12+1) bookworm-backports; urgency=medium
> >     .
> >      * Rebuild for bookworm-backports.
> > 
> > I imagine there is something obvious I am missing that would direct the
> > upload to the backports queue, but I have been unable to find it.  Can
> > anyone point me in the right direction?
> 
> Note: I am not maintaining backports.d.o; I am just a regular contributor to
> backported packages.
> 
> My intuition is that your package uploading was done correctly, but you did
> not prepare a correct *.changes file that actually targets
> bookworm-backports.
> 
> Could you provide a sample of *complete* set of files you prepared for
> bookworm-backports suite? With complete files, we will be able to tell what
> went wrong. For example, the correctness of "Distribution: " field in your
> *.changes file.
> 
> Thanks,
> Boyuan Yang


-- 
Soren Stoutner
[email protected]

electrum_4.4.5+dfsg1-2~bpo12+1_source.changes (text/plain, 1.3 KB)

Format: 1.8
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2023 15:00:14 -0700
Source: electrum
Architecture: source
Version: 4.4.5+dfsg1-2~bpo12+1
Distribution: bookworm
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Debian Cryptocoin Team <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Soren Stoutner <[email protected]>
Changes:
 electrum (4.4.5+dfsg1-2~bpo12+1) bookworm-backports; urgency=medium
 .
   * Rebuild for bookworm-backports.
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