[09:40] <__marco> Hello. I am uploading source packages to launchpad and sometime the packages are not built. The package are correctly uploaded: "Successfully uploaded packages." but the build is not launched
[09:40] <__marco> From launchpad I cannot see any related information
[09:41] <__marco> I uploaded the same package for three distributions: trusty, xenial and bionic and only the bionic upload succeed
[09:41] <__marco> https://launchpad.net/~marco-giusti/+archive/ubuntu/qemu/+packages
[09:42] <__marco> The first attempt was to create a source package for the tree distributions, listing all of them in the changelog. The build was never ran.
[09:43] <__marco> In the second attempt I uploaded the package for bionic only and it worked.
[09:44] <__marco> In the third and fourth attempts I uploaded the package for trusty and xenial, using the same procedure and the builds has not be lunched
[09:45] <__marco> I just notice this message: "Package includes an .orig.tar.gz file although the debian revision suggests
[09:45] <__marco> that it might not be required. Multiple uploads of the .orig.tar.gz may be
[09:45] <__marco> rejected by the upload queue management software.
[09:45] <__marco> "
[09:45] <__marco> and actually the orig.tar.gz package is the same for the three distributions
[10:00] <__marco> Sorry for the noise, every time I received an email, but I didn't notice
[10:18] <wgrant> Yeah, dput doesn't provide much opportunity for feedback, so email it is
[10:18] <wgrant> You'll always get an email unless you didn't sign the .changes properly
[14:07] <__marco> How much time does it takes to remove a package? I uploaded one this morning at 9:30 UTC+2, removed short after but it is still there.
[14:08] <__marco> The is an incompatibility with the source package and I am blocked
[14:11] <acheronuk> what is the message in the email?
[14:32] <__marco> File vde-netemu_20180929.orig.tar.gz already exists in virtualbricks, but uploaded version has different contents
[14:36] <acheronuk> right. well you can never upload the same source file name with different contents in the same PPA. the PPA remembers the file hash for ever and will not permit it
[14:37] <acheronuk> so you will have to increase/change the orig.tar name in some way
[14:37] <__marco> acheronuk: I removed that package but the files are still there. And, by the way, the content is the same but it hashes differently. Different compression levels in different machines?
[14:38] <__marco> I will increase the version
[14:38] <acheronuk> it remembers even if you delete it ;)
[14:39] <__marco> diabolic
[14:40] <__marco> acheronuk: I abuse of your kindness. How would you upload the *same* package for different distributions?
[14:40] <acheronuk> sensible if you think about it. it protects the consistency/integrity of any archive so you don't get altered source packages without any sign they have changed
[14:41] <__marco> first I tried to use different distributions in the changelog. Didn't work
[14:42] <__marco> I remember once upon a time I used to upload the orig for one distribution but not for others
[14:42] <acheronuk> __marco: change the distribution in the changelog, then build and sign the new source package
[14:42] <__marco> I forget how I did it and it was a personal repository, not launchpad
[14:43] <__marco> acheronuk: but then I have to change the version too. The error is because I try to upload the same version for different distributions
[14:44] <__marco> Did you try this:https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA/Uploading#Using_packages_from_other_distributions?
[14:48] <acheronuk> yes, append a ~ version for different ubuntu series
[14:49] <acheronuk> e.g. https://launchpad.net/~rikmills/+archive/ubuntu/latte-dock/+packages
[14:49] <__marco> acheronuk: I see. Thank you