addSources silently drops source names that haven't been seen anywhere in Launchpad before(could not add linux-meta-ti-omap to kernel/lucid package set)

[Colin Watson]

$ lp-shell
>>> kernel_lucid = lp.packagesets.getByName(name='kernel', distroseries=lp.distributions['ubuntu'].getSeries(name_or_version='lucid'))
>>> sorted(kernel_lucid.getSourcesIncluded(direct_inclusion=True))
[u'linux', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.22', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.24', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.27', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.28', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.30', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.31', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.32', u'linux-ec2', u'linux-firmware', u'linux-fsl-imx51', u'linux-kernel-headers', u'linux-lpia', u'linux-lpia-meta', u'linux-meta', u'linux-meta-ec2', u'linux-meta-fsl-imx51', u'linux-meta-mvl-dove', u'linux-meta-qcm-msm', u'linux-meta-rt', u'linux-mvl-dove', u'linux-ports', u'linux-ports-meta', u'linux-qcm-msm', u'linux-restricted-modules', u'linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15', u'linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22', u'linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24', u'linux-restricted-modules-rt', u'linux-rt', u'linux-source-2.6.15', u'linux-source-2.6.22', u'linux-ti-omap', u'linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22', u'linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24', u'lpia-linux-restricted-modules']
>>> kernel_lucid.addSources(names=['linux-meta-ti-omap'])
>>> sorted(kernel_lucid.getSourcesIncluded(direct_inclusion=True))
[u'linux', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.22', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.24', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.27', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.28', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.30', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.31', u'linux-backports-modules-2.6.32', u'linux-ec2', u'linux-firmware', u'linux-fsl-imx51', u'linux-kernel-headers', u'linux-lpia', u'linux-lpia-meta', u'linux-meta', u'linux-meta-ec2', u'linux-meta-fsl-imx51', u'linux-meta-mvl-dove', u'linux-meta-qcm-msm', u'linux-meta-rt', u'linux-mvl-dove', u'linux-ports', u'linux-ports-meta', u'linux-qcm-msm', u'linux-restricted-modules', u'linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15', u'linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22', u'linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24', u'linux-restricted-modules-rt', u'linux-rt', u'linux-source-2.6.15', u'linux-source-2.6.22', u'linux-ti-omap', u'linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22', u'linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24', u'lpia-linux-restricted-modules']

The addSources call seems to have had no effect. How can I grant the kernel team the ability to upload this package?

This is a reduction of a more elaborate program, namely edit_acl.py in lp:ubuntu-archive-tools; I was calling it as './edit_acl.py -P kernel -S lucid -s linux-meta-ti-omap' add. Most of the other packages in this list were added in the same way; I haven't changed my process recently, as far as I can remember.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

The package was only published in Ubuntu some 20 hours after this bug was reported. addSources silently drops source names that haven't been seen anywhere in Launchpad before -- could that have been the case here?

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Yes, it may well have been the case (and indeed it works now) - but
urgh. Would it be possible to lift this restriction? It would save on
a good deal of sponsoring of initial versions of packages, certainly for
the kernel team but possibly others too.

Also, the silent failure seems like a clear bug.

[William Grant (wgrant)]

Oh yes, it should definitely be fixed. I was just proposing a theory for what the actual bug was. It will require a rewrite of the method, but it's not difficult.