copy of source-only to different series in same PPA is offered in the UI

Bug #787167 reported by Matthias Klose
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Symptoms
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A PPA is a single archive and can only publish one binary-arch / source of a given version at a time. The Launchpad web UI permits users to request a copy of source without binaries within a single PPA. The source copy is essentially a symlink but the binaries will rebuild and then collide on the version number. So this scenario isn't possible to fulfil. Launchpad neither explains the cause nor prevents users attempting this operation.

Revision history for this message
Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

hmm, now I see bug #557647. but then, why am I offered to copy the sources only to the same PPA?

Revision history for this message
William Grant (wgrant) wrote :

Because this form predates widespread JavaScript in Launchpad, and JavaScript is required to disable that option.

Changed in launchpad:
status: New → Invalid
summary: - copy of source to different series in same PPA not working
+ copy of source to different series in same PPA is offered in the UI
Changed in launchpad:
status: Invalid → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
summary: - copy of source to different series in same PPA is offered in the UI
+ copy of source-only to different series in same PPA is offered in the UI
description: updated
tags: added: ui
William Grant (wgrant)
tags: added: package-copies
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