AskUbuntu Classroom Discussion - Packaging

I did \o/ started dabling with suse (ubuntu did not exist back then) but cancelled using that when I saw the dependencies I had to choose during install :X

Stefano Palazzo

we good? :)

dv3500ea

I have no questions

Rinzwind

no q's

well

The Evil Phoenix

and yes, i'm still here

in case you have any other questions :P

Rinzwind

8:20 PM

are there common reasons for 'rejecting' an upload? Some examples(?)

dv3500ea

Thank you @TheEvilPhoenix !

The Evil Phoenix

yeah there's some

Rinzwind

and thanks from me too!

dv3500ea

and thanks @StefanoPalazzo and @Rinzwind for moderating :)

Stefano Palazzo

great stuff @TheEvilPhoenix, very well done

The Evil Phoenix

8:21 PM

duplicate versions have been uploaded, unsigned packages, a failure in specifying which distro you're building for

Stefano Palazzo

no problem at all @dv3500ea

The Evil Phoenix

for example

Rinzwind

I did not mod >:D

@TheEvilPhoenix put it in the other chat ;-)

Stefano Palazzo

sry I missed that :|

Rinzwind

ofcourse you did >:D

dv3500ea

8:25 PM

That question saved me so much time.

Rinzwind

dv3500ea

I used to rebuild my packages again and again with modified changelogs

The Evil Phoenix

@dv3500ea the question that I asked? :p

yeah, i wanted to AVOID doing what you did :p

dv3500ea

yes

The Evil Phoenix

dv3500ea

8:28 PM

no questions from me

Rinzwind

none from me!

Stefano Palazzo

looks like we're done?

Rinzwind

yeah

The Evil Phoenix

and that concludes the packaging sessions.

now for me to beat PGP with a stick because its refusing to recognize my new keys

@StefanoPalazzo can you mark this chat room as frozen?

so we can keep the transcripts around

Stefano Palazzo

yeah sure

I'm just updating the meta post

The Evil Phoenix

8:33 PM

and can you bookmark the session transcripts in the classroom.

Stefano Palazzo

ono, are we offline?

@TheEvilPhoenix yep, did that too

but it's in limbo (my clipboard). Looks like the site went offline just as I pressed the Submit button

The Evil Phoenix

lol

Stefano Palazzo

there we are :)

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