It would be nice to be able to schedule a PPA package copy (copy binaries) on a package which is waiting in the build queue, to be completed when the binaries become available.
Use case: uploading a new version of a program that needs to appear in several series (eg both karmic and lucid) with the same binaries.
Current procedure:
(1) Upload the new version.
(2) Click through to the estimated time in queue, make note to check back after the estimated time in queue. Check back, repeat if the time was underestimated, possibly several times.
(3) Copy the binaries.
The wishlist procedure would skip step (2), accepting instead that the copy will only take place when the package is ready.
The current procedure is particularly inconvenient in case of "release, then bed".
Although we will be supporting building to multiple distro series as part of the BuildFromBranch work, we still need a way to enable package uploaders to build multiple versions. Ideally I think this should involve respecting multiple values of the distribution field as in the debian policy:
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rather than a way to trigger package copying operations, although perhaps there's a place for both (eg. if I know the package doesn't need to be rebuilt.)