ubuntu-archive: devel is only a symlink rather than a suite

[Paul Wise (Debian)]

The Ubuntu devel suite isn't a proper suite, just a symlink:

   $ curl -s http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/devel/Release | egrep 'Suite|Codename'
   Suite: disco
   Codename: disco

I would expect this output instead:

   $ curl -s http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/devel/Release | egrep 'Suite|Codename'
   Suite: devel
   Codename: disco

People using devel in their sources.list get a warning from apt:

   $ chdist create ubuntu-devel
   Now edit ~/.chdist/ubuntu-devel/etc/apt/sources.list
   Run chdist apt ubuntu-devel update
   And enjoy.
   $ sed -i '/ubuntu/{s/#//;s/dapper/devel/}' ~/.chdist/ubuntu-devel/etc/apt/sources.list
   $ chdist apt ubuntu-devel -qq update
   All packages are up to date.
   W: Conflicting distribution: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu devel InRelease (expected devel but got disco)

    affects ubuntu
    subscribe ubuntu-archive

   --
   bye,
pabs

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[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Robie Basak (racb)]

Related: bug 1728616