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

Johannes Schauer josch at debian.org
Sat Aug 19 15:26:26 UTC 2017


Hi Simon,

Quoting Raphael Hertzog (2017-08-12 05:26:20)
> FYI, while watching the autopkgtest BoF at debconf, I discovered
> vectis by Simon McVittie:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=843486
> 
> Arguably it covers some common grounds since it does setup
> sbuild in a VM. Maybe there's room for collaboration here
> as well?
> 
> Simon, you might want to review the history of #859867 and share
> your thoughts about this topic and let us know whether vectis
> is going to handle all this too. :)

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.

Thanks!

cheers, josch
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