Category debian:suite

This collection represents a single suite in a Debian archive. Its name is the name of the suite.

  • Variables when adding items:

    • component: the component (e.g. main or non-free) in which this package is published

    • section: the section (e.g. python) for this package

    • priority: for binary packages, the priority (e.g. optional) for this package

  • Data:

    • release_fields: dictionary of static fields to set in this suite’s Release file

    • may_reuse_versions: if true, versions of packages in this suite may be reused provided that the previous packages with that version have been removed; this should be false for typical user-facing suites to avoid confusing behaviour from apt, but it may be useful to set it to true for experimental suites

  • Valid items:

    • debian:source-package artifacts

    • debian:binary-package artifacts

  • Per-item data:

    • srcpkg_name: for binary packages, the name of the corresponding source package (copied from underlying artifact for ease of lookup and to preserve history)

    • srcpkg_version: for binary packages, the version of the corresponding source package (copied from underlying artifact for ease of lookup and to preserve history)

    • package: the name from the package’s Package: field (copied from underlying artifact for ease of lookup and to preserve history)

    • version: the version of the package (copied from underlying artifact for ease of lookup and to preserve history)

    • architecture: for binary packages, the architecture of the package (copied from underlying artifact for ease of lookup and to preserve history)

    • component: the component (e.g. main or non-free) in which this package is published

    • section: the section (e.g. python) for this package

    • priority: for binary packages, the priority (e.g. optional) for this package

  • Lookup names:

    • source:NAME: the current version of the source package named NAME.

    • source-version:NAME_VERSION: the source package named NAME at VERSION.

    • binary:NAME_ARCHITECTURE the current version of the binary package named NAME on ARCHITECTURE.

    • binary-version:NAME_VERSION_ARCHITECTURE the binary package named NAME at VERSION on ARCHITECTURE.

  • Constraints:

    • there may be at most one package with a given name and version (and architecture, in the case of binary packages) active in the collection at a given time

    • each poolified file name resulting from an active artifact may only refer to at most one concrete file in the collection at a given time (this differs from the above constraint in the case of source packages, which contain multiple files that may overlap with other source packages)

    • if may_reuse_versions is false, then each poolified file name in the collection may only refer to at most one concrete file, regardless of whether conflicting files are active or removed