[massfile] remove from u-d-t?

[Daniel Holbach]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-dev-tools

'list' currently only contains the source package.

massfile should expect a CSV file and parse that instead. Replacement in the 'text:' part of the 'instructions' file should happen by not only replacing $pack, but also $1, $2, $3, $4, and so on according to the amount of values in the 'list' line.

[Jonathan Davies (jpds)]

Daniel, could you possibly attach an example CSV file to work on this bug?

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

Maybe we should remove massfile from the package. With Harvest we have a good way of tracking what needs work without using the bug tracker - what do you think? I haven't used the tool for ages.

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

Yeah, the tool isn't particularly user-friendly, which means it needs lots of work or removal.

Should we remove it and see if anyone notices?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubuntu-dev-tools - 0.134

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ubuntu-dev-tools (0.134) unstable; urgency=low

  [ Stefano Rivera ]
  * mk-sbuild: Correct typo in variable name. Thanks Laurent Declercq.
    (Closes: #645917)
  * Remove massfile. Neglected and unused (LP: #145598)
  * syncpackage, requestsync: Sync from testing for LTSs (LP: #876400)
  * syncpackage:
    - Ignore CURRENT blacklisting: it's buggy, and we don't have a good use
      for it.
    - Always display blacklist comments, if they exist.
    - Display timestamps for DSD blacklist comments.
    - Add --fakesync option, relegating --no-lp to really crazy corner cases.
  * sponsor-patch: Compare new sync version to the current Ubuntu version,
    rather than itself (LP: #878499)
  * sponsor-patch.1: Mention syncs (LP: #882085)

  [ Benjamin Drung ]
  * syncpackage: Catch user abort.

  [ Scott Moser ]
  * mk-sbuild: better support apt http proxy (LP: #881654)

 -- Stefano Rivera <email address hidden> Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:16:15 +0200