[sponsor-patch] does not work properly with uploads to -proposed

[Clint Byrum]

Binary package hint: ubuntu-dev-tools

In sponsoring an upload to -proposed, the bzr branch should be changed to -proposed so the bzr push happens properly, as currently sponsor-patch tries to push it to the release pocket.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: ubuntu-dev-tools 0.122
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jun 2 09:55:30 2011
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101008.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-dev-tools
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-30 (32 days ago)

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

I agree, however in most cases there isn't an existing branch for -proposed (although we discussed always having one at UDS, can't recall if there's a bug for it) so this isn't *that* urgent

[Stefano Rivera (stefanor)]

Sorry, wasn't thinking straight.

There are four scenarios, I can think of, here:
A: Package hasn't been SRUed yet, so there is no -proposed branch on LP. Submitter proposes merge into release pocket (there's nowhere else), we try to push to it, and fail. The best we can do here is not push. See bug 668948.
B: -proposed and -updates branches exist, submitter proposes merge into -proposed. Everything is good.
C: -proposed and -updates branches exist, submitter proposes merge into -updates. We follow that, and try to push to -updates. The package importer reverts it.
D: -proposed and -updates barnches exist, submitter proposes merge into release pocket. We fail to push.

For C and D, we could redirect the pushes. Can't think of much else we can do here.

[Dan Streetman (ddstreet)]

as this is > 10 years old, i'm closing as wontfix