[18:31] <a_cotrim> Greetings.
[18:31] <sney> hi
[18:32] <a_cotrim> I believe I may have uploaded a package to archive.ubuntu.com by mistake, due to a misconfiguration on my end. I am not officially the maintainer of said package. Do I need to make a request for the package to be removed from the archive?
[18:33] <a_cotrim> If so, how do I do it, and to whom?
[18:36] <a_cotrim> Any help is appreciated, and thanks in advance.
[18:37] <Unit193> Are you an official Ubuntu dev or MOTU?  What package?
[18:38] <a_cotrim> I am neither. Package is mednafen, version 0.9.36.3, arch amd64.
[18:42] <Unit193> If you are neither, you likely got a rejection email from "Ubuntu installer".
[18:43] <a_cotrim> Not yet, I believe. That may still happen though.
[18:45] <a_cotrim> I have corrected my configuration, having pbuilder point to 127.0.0.1 instead. I am still learning how to build Debian packages and gaining understanding of what each tool involved in this process does.
[18:48] <a_cotrim> For this one my objective was to compile a program from source once and have a package that I can install/uninstall cleanly to/from any system anytime.
[18:50] <sney> #debian-mentors on irc.oftc.net might be a useful channel for you to idle in, contrary to the name it's an appropriate learning resource for anyone making debian packages, even for derivatives
[18:52] <Unit193> Quite so, good place for packaging questions if you get stuck.
[18:53] <a_cotrim> Thanks!
[18:54] <Unit193> And as far as uploading to Ubuntu, if you haven't specifically been given permission, then it won't let you upload anyway.
[18:56] <a_cotrim> I did this while following this tutorial: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/01/how-to-create-deb-package-ubuntu-debian.html. The part that suggests a "upload" comes from the output of the dpkg-buildpackage command.
[18:58] <sney> normally it'd be debuild for an actual official upload. that's a pretty old howto, too
[18:59] <sney> http://mentors.debian.net/intro-maintainers section 3 on this page has some good authoritative resources
[19:02] <a_cotrim> I'll be sure to check it out. Not that I have anything to officially propose for integration into a distribution right now, but what brought me here (and what took me there) is that I want to learn how to do it the right way.
[19:02] <a_cotrim> Once again, thanks!
[19:02] <sney> np