[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#859867: Bug#859867: Please add a package which automatically configures sbuild for Debian packaging

[Michael Stapelberg]

Hi,

Johannes Schauer <josch at debian.org> writes:

> Quoting Simon McVittie (2017-08-20 01:16:12)
>> On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 at 00:26:26 +0900, Johannes Schauer wrote:
>> > since sbuild already supports autopkgtest as a backend (and thus also
>> > autopkgtest-virt-qemu which vectis seems to be using) I'd be especially
>> > interested in hearing which features are missing from sbuild that prevent
>> > vectis from making use of that functionality.
>> 
>> The reason vectis doesn't do this is a design choice, not an omission
>> in sbuild.
>
> Thanks for your explanation! I now see how vectis is indeed doing something
> that is not in the scope of sbuild itself and that vectis indeed has to be a
> wrapper around sbuild and other tools.
>
> Though maybe it would be a good idea to add parts of your explanations from
> your mail to the README.md and package description. It seems at least me and
> Raphael were fooled into thinking that vectis' purpose was a different one than
> it actually is.
>
> Thanks for writing this!

So, I take it vectis is out of the picture for the purpose of this bug.

Raphaël, Benjamin, what’s the current status? It’s been quite a number
of months since https://bugs.debian.org/859867#122, and I’m still very
interested in having sbuild easily installable.

Thanks!

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Best regards,
Michael