need to create PPAs atomically
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launchpad itself |
New
|
Undecided
|
Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Currently, I need to create a PPA and set options on it that are not settable in the createPPA method. This means creation is a two-step process:
1. Create a PPA with wrong default options.
2. Hopefully set those options, which might fail if I'm unauthorized to do so (or network errors).
If step 2 fails this leaves me with a created but unusable PPA. It would be really nice if I was able to create PPAs atomically, eg, pass all the options I need to createPPA and then if there's any problem at all, the PPA does not get created.
I can think of two ways of creating a PPA atomically:
A. Expand createPPA so that all possible options are passable as parameters to that method. If any of the options I supply are invalid for any reason, the creation of the PPA is aborted.
B. Allow renaming PPAs. I can then create my PPA with a temp name, set the options, and only once I've confirmed the options are set correctly, rename the PPA to the desired name.
Thanks.
