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wolterhi, I want to link a +junk branch to a project, but when I try to link the branch to the series, i get "Invalid value"06:45
wgrantwolter: You'll need to push the branch up again, this time into the project. You can't link a +junk branch to a project.06:46
wolteroh06:46
wolterthanks wgrant :)06:46
wolteralso, how can I make tarballs appear on the downloads box?07:04
wgrantwolter: Add files to a release.07:04
wgranthttps://help.launchpad.net/Projects/FileDownloads07:05
wolterthanks again07:06
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evaluatehello09:19
evaluateI sent an e-mail yesterday to ayatana-dev@lists.launchpad.net but I can't see the e-mail anywhere on the list.09:19
lifelessare you subscribed?09:20
lifelessif not, it will be in the moderation queue09:20
evaluatelifeless, I am subscribed, I just noticed that I didn't have the E-mail address, from which I sent the mail, in my account. Could this also be a reason?09:22
lifelessyes09:23
evaluatelifeless, ok, so it's fine and I just have to wait for it to be moderated?09:23
lifelessevaluate: AFAICT yes09:28
evaluatelifeless, ok, thank you! :-)09:29
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mok0_Is there a way to change the text of a previous commit?13:16
mok0_(bzr question)13:16
cdbsmok0_: I guess the only way is to bzr uncommit, then bzr commit again, then bzr push --force13:17
cdbsbzr uncommit doesn't revert the changes, it just removes the commit13:17
mok0_cdbs: what if the commit is more than one commit old?13:17
cdbshmm, gets confusing then13:17
mok0_cdbs: indeed13:17
mok0_cdbs: It's because of the annoying thing with bzr that you need to commit on a local branch after you pull from trunk13:18
* maxb does not understand that last comment13:19
mok0_cdbs: so I have like, important changes from trunk, at a stupid little change locally, and the whole commit gets named after the stupid little change and not the important one :-(13:19
cdbshmm mok0_  I can't help, I am not a bzr expert13:20
maxbI think you may be doing something wrong13:20
mok0_maxb: probably :-)13:20
mok0_maxb: I am working on the same project from several parallel checkouts13:21
maxbWhen I merge from trunk into a feature branch, I would usually just commit with the message "Merge trunk"13:22
maxbI assume you mean merge where you've said pull, since if you'd just successfully pulled, there would be nothing to commit13:22
maxbAre you perhaps referring to making the history look sensible when you merge a feature branch back into trunk?13:23
mok0_maxb, look at the log here: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/%7Emok0/gpp4/master/changes13:24
mok0_see rev 6913:24
mok0_It has the comment "get rid of..."13:24
mok0_which is like a one file change13:25
maxbhmm. I'm not sure why you'd commit a merge like that with a commit message like that13:26
maxbIt doesn't make sense :-)13:26
mok0_maxb: no13:26
mok0_:-)13:26
mok0_maxb: that's why I'd like to change it13:26
mok0_maxb, guess I'll have to find another mode of working with bzr13:26
mok0_maxb: the merge 68.1.2 has the really important changes13:27
maxbI think part of the problem is that you committed both a merge and a direct change at the same time - how did you do that? I believe 'bzr merge' complains if you try to merge when you already have local changes13:28
mok0_maxb, I can't remember exactly what I did13:30
mok0_maxb, I might have forced a merge13:30
maxbok. Well, one of the major rules of having a comprehensible history is that every commit should be either a direct change or a merge, never both together13:31
mok0_maxb: what else to do, if you've done a lot of edits, and realize you need to import fixes which is already commited?13:31
maxbSeveral options13:32
maxb1) If your local changes are not yet committed, 'bzr pull' would bring in the new revisions, merge your working copy, leaving you with your uncommitted changes still uncommitted13:33
maxb2) Or, if your local changes are not yet committed, and you want to store them out of the way whilst you pull, to be brought back later, 'bzr shelve'13:33
mok0_maxb, ah, perhaps that is the trick I need to use13:34
mok0_maxb: Sometimes I get the message that the versions have diverged13:34
maxb3) Or, if your branch has already diverged from trunk, and you have no local changes, then you do need to do a merge13:34
mok0_maxb: I think it's in case 3 that the commit message gets buried13:35
maxb4) Or, if your branch has already diverged from trunk AND you have additional local changes, then you need to commit or shelve the local changes before doing a merge13:35
maxbIn case 3 there are no local changes, and the commit message exists solely to describe what you are merging13:36
mok0_maxb: case 4 rather13:36
mok0_maxb: if I fail to shelve, I think the commit message gets buried in a sub-revision13:36
maxbIn case 4, you shelved or committed the local changes before merging, so the merge commit message *still* exists solely to describe what you are merging13:37
maxbIf you fail to commit or shelve first, then merge refuses to work because your local copy is not clean. If you --force it.... on your head be it :-)13:37
mok0_maxb: I understand13:38
mok0_maxb: sometimes I don't want to make a commit, because what I'm doing is not completed13:38
mok0_maxb, I just want to pull in revisions that I know I've done13:38
mok0_maxb: so I guess "shelve" is what I should be doing13:39
mok0_maxb: but what happens if there is a conflict when you "unshelve"?13:40
maxbSame as what happens for any conflict that arises from "merge"13:41
mok0_maxb: thanks for the tips! Very useful13:43
gusnanI am upstream of a package, and also maintain it in debian - Now I see that the powerpc build fails in Ubuntu - but I get no log or anything - what is the problem? the page where I would expect a build log just says "Failed to build".14:58
gusnanthe package is sciteproj, see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sciteproj/0.3.22-1/+build/209965114:59
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CarlFKshouldn't marking a bug as close cascade to duplicate bugs?15:28
maxbgusnan_: AFAIK a failed build with no log is a result of a build being terminated abnormally by the launchpad buildd system. I would suggest asking someone to trigger a retry16:09
maxbI think any MOTU can do this for you - ask in #ubuntu-motu16:10
gusnan_maxb, Thanks!16:21
maxbCarlFK: No. If a bug is marked as a duplicate, it is considered as having no status of its own, so there's nothing to cascade to.16:24
CarlFKmaxb: does the dupe need to be closed, or is the dupe status already close it?16:24
maxbThe dupe does not need to be closed16:25
CarlFKk thanks16:27
exarkunCan tickets/ticket comments be migrated from trac into launchpad (not synchronize, just one off)?16:32
maxbThere is a bulk import XML format which the Launchpad sysadmins can use to migrate bugs into launchpad. I'm not sure if anyone has written an exporter from trac to that format, but it seems possible16:42
exarkunmaxb: Ah.  I just found https://launchpad.net/trac-launchpad-migrator and was wondering what to do with the XML afterwards.16:44
maxbAs it's a weekend, your best option might be to email the launchpad-users mailing list - enough of the right people watch it that you ought to get an answer in the coming week, I think16:44
maxbah, in that case, I suggest trying to produce the XML dump, and then registering a question (https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+addquestion) to get the import process started16:45
exarkunCool, thanks.16:46
lifelessexarkun: hi17:59
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exarkunlifeless: Hi19:11
lifelessexarkun: we often test imports on staging - that needs a losa, which is going to be in fairly short supply this week - holiday season19:23
lifelessexarkun: (importing to prod also requires a losa)19:23
exarkunI don't think anyone will be surprised if it takes until early january for this process to be completed.19:25
lifelesscool19:25
lifelesssomething you can do to test locally, if you want, is to setup a vm with launchpad in it, and run the import script yourself. https://dev.launchpad.net/Running/VirtualMachine19:25
exarkunI have to figure out how to extract data from a corrupt database file first, anyway :/19:26
lifelessI don't know if thats worth the effort or not.19:26
lifelessugh19:26
lifelessthats less than pleasant19:26
exarkunYes19:26
exarkunBut it's Saturday so I'll do something fun instead, like write Python bindings for this C++ library19:27
lifeless\o/19:27

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