Bug#688319: devscripts: Please consider including the 'yodack' tool

[Gergely Nagy]

Package: devscripts
Version: 2.12.3
Severity: wishlist

As of a few days ago, it is possible to upload signed command files to
ftp-master, granting/revoking DM upload permissions, as originally
explained by Ansgar Burchardt on -project@ in June:
 https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2012/06/msg00321.html

In an attempt to make constructing and uploading such files easier, I
wrote a little tool called "Ye Olde Debian Archive Control Kit"
(yodack)[1]. It's a simple shell script with a conffile, a separate
package for it is overkill, therefore I'd like to ask for its inclusion
into devscripts.

If the tool is deemed worthy for devscripts, I'll happily prepare a
patch against devscripts git that does the necessary things to pull
yodack in.

As an example of what the tool can do, the following line does just what
it reads:

$ yodack on ftp-master.debian.org, \
         for debian maintainer algernon at madhouse-project.org, \
         please grant upload rights on dh-exec, ivykis, \
         but deny uploads of eglibc, bash.

Thanks for considering!

 [1]: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=users/algernon/yodack.git;a=summary

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