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pboldinhi there. I made an upload attempt to the https://launchpad.net/~pboldin/+archive/ubuntu/nm using the provided command and a `changes' file from updated package but still got no email confirmation12:00
pboldincan it be due to the different emails (in change log and signature) and email of the account?12:01
wgrantpboldin: 2015-04-03 23:45:12 INFO    Failed to parse changes file '/srv/launchpad.net/ppa-queue/incoming/upload-ftp-20150403-234423-070277/~pboldin/nm/network-manager-applet_0.9.8.8-0ubuntu4.3~fixed_source.changes': Signing key E894659ED041390502D7D9518516F309DB5965F9 not registered in launchpad.13:02
wgrantI see that the key is registered now, but was it before?13:02
pboldinwgrant: oh, i just registered it. can you please remove this submission13:02
wgrantpboldin: It's been rejected. You just need to upload it again.13:02
wgrant(you may need to use dput -f to override the local "already uploaded" check)13:03
pboldinwgrant: thanks!13:03
pboldinwgrant: now i'm getting 'signing key fingerprint does not exist' errors13:31
wgrantpboldin: From where?13:31
pboldinwgrant: from sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pboldin/nm13:31
wgrantpboldin: It can take up to half an hour after the first upload for the key to be generated.13:31
pboldinwgrant: oh, okay. so i just have to wait13:32
wgrantpboldin: Yeah, just for your first PPA.13:32
CarlFKI am trying to package https://github.com/timvideos/gst-switch  so I can put a version in my PPA.  I am trying to follow https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/first.en.html19:48
CarlFKbut I am stuck on $ wget http://example.org/gentoo-0.9.12.tar.gz  cuz there is no tarbal.   I could make one, but that seems odd.19:49
mapreriCarlFK: it's normal business. when upstream does not release tarballs we just create one (just be sure to use --exclude-vcs to remove any git-related file)19:51
maprerisome people use `git archive`, but I've never gone down that route19:51
CarlFKmapreri: k.  git archive... hmm.. I may as well look into that.  thanks19:52
mapreriCarlFK: also note that github create a .zip and a .tar.gz for every tag: https://github.com/timvideos/gst-switch/releases (but they might be too old to be considered)19:52
CarlFKmapreri: neat.  this thing doesn't work yet, so I doubt there are any of those19:55
mapreriCarlFK: there is one, but give that it's in quickly development you really want to package from git. just create a tarball. I suggest you to use a versioning like 0.0.0+20150404.$commitid, though that might be too verbose for your needs and you can strip the $commitid part19:56
CarlFKfor now I am just trying to get something on my PPA so that I have something to update when it is working well enough to say "try it, I have it on my PPA"19:57
CarlFKright now "try it, it's on github and really, the install is pretty easy, just read the README.  I think.  let me know if you have problems."    and pretty much everyone has problems cuz we is sloppy19:58
CarlFKmapreri: so I need both the source files in the dir and the tarball?  (I was expecting dh_something to make the tar for me20:04
mapreridh controls the build process, not the tarball creation.20:05
mapreriCarlFK: and yes, you need a tarball, "the source files in the dir" is just the tarball + the debian directory20:06
CarlFKhmm.. this looks like it wants all the files:20:07
CarlFK$ wget http://example.org/gentoo-0.9.12.tar.gz20:07
CarlFK$ tar -xvzf gentoo-0.9.12.tar.gz20:07
CarlFKfrom https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/maint-guide/first.en.html 2.8. Initial non-native Debian package20:08
maprerithat's what I said20:08
mapreri(maybe not that clear, I meant '"the source files in the dir" is just the [unpacked] tarball + the debian directory')20:08
CarlFKah, unpacked.20:09
mapreri:)20:09
mapreriCarlFK: and then maybe you should also take a look at git-buildpackage https://wiki.debian.org/PackagingWithGit#Upstream_import_methods (but then, personally I prefer to work importing tarballs in a debian-specific repository, i'm not confortable in cloning upstream's repo and adding a debian branch, but someone do that...) ← this is only a tool, you definitely want to follow what you are following before starting learning this tool, but then i20:13
maprerit may become your main weapon.20:13
CarlFKneat.  and thanks for the "definitely want to follow" advice.  I always wonder where I should be starting20:15
mapreriCarlFK: from my POV it's pointless learning to use a wrapper of a wrapper of a wrapper of a wrapper, when you know nothing of what lays in the bottom20:17
CarlFKmostly agree.  except I don't want to know how CPUs work ;)20:24
CarlFKrelocating.  bb in 20 min.  thanks for the help so far.20:25

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