'd-p1' can handle lenny-backports jaunty-proposed ... w/o preload

[Loïc Minier]

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> one wants to compile package for some proposed-archive or
> security-archive while using all the updated backage as its parents and
> supplimented with base distribution via APT while it needs to be created
> by debootstrap using its base distribution.
> 
> It is easier to explain with a table.
> 
>  --distribution option   debootstrap          APT line
>  target distribution(T)  base distribution(B) T+B
>  $DISTRIBUTION           $DISTRIBUTION_BASE
> 
>  jaunty-updates          jaunty               jaunty-updates jaunty
>  lenny-proposed-...      lenny                lenny-proposed-...  lenny
>  lenny                   lenny                lenny

 Right; I absolutely get the plan here, I was just disturbed by using
 the name "distribution".  I thought a bit about it, and am ok with
 using distribution.  We can use "suite" for jaunty and transport the
 jaunty-updates stuff with "pockets".  I'm not sure what
 lenny-proposed-updates would be called.  I'll think about it.  Don't
 worry too much about it, it's just a naming issue and because it's
 encoded in the flag name and man page and configs and hence hard to
 change, I'm just thinking a bit too hard about long term meaning of
 --distribution.

> If you have clearler naming convention, let me know.

 Yeah, I'll try to come up with something; didn't find much so far.
 Debootstrap uses "suites", in Launchpad Ubuntu suites have "pockets"
 (updates, backports, security, proposed), debmirror uses dists... And
 then there are these weird things like experimental.  ;-)

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Loïc Minier