experimental release support

Mark experimental releases with "NotAutomatic: yes" in Release file.
Debian Bug 336232. Thanks to Stephan Suerken

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/doc/mini-dinstall.1 b/doc/mini-dinstall.1
index 1e077b1..e8527fc 100644
--- a/doc/mini-dinstall.1
+++ b/doc/mini-dinstall.1
@@ -278,6 +278,9 @@ The Origin field in the Release file. Defaults to the current user's username.
 .B release_suite
 The Suite field in the Release file. Defaults to \*(lqNone\*(rq.
 .TP
+.B experimental_release
+The experimental_release field mark the release as experimental. Defaults to \*(lqNone\*(rq.
+.TP
 .B release_signscript
 If specified, this script will be called to sign Release files. It will be
 invoked in the directory containing the Release file, and should accept the
diff --git a/doc/mini-dinstall.conf b/doc/mini-dinstall.conf
index de323ea..a0d7f9b 100644
--- a/doc/mini-dinstall.conf
+++ b/doc/mini-dinstall.conf
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ release_suite = Penthouse
 # The default Description: field in the release file 
 release_description = My Happy Fun Packages
 
+# Whether or not to mark the release as experimental.
+experimental_release = 0
+
 # If specified, this script will be called to sign Release files.  It
 # will be invoked in the directory containing the Release file, and
 # should accept the filename of the Release file to sign as the first
@@ -130,3 +133,4 @@ post_install_script = ~/bin/staging-post-inst.sh
 [experimental]
 architectures = all, i386, sparc, powerpc, ia64, sh4
 keep_old = 1
+experimental_release = 1
diff --git a/mini-dinstall b/mini-dinstall
index 81cc68b..955b642 100755
--- a/mini-dinstall
+++ b/mini-dinstall
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ class DistOptionHandler:
         self._optionmap['release_label'] = ['str', self._optionmap['release_origin'][1]]
         self._optionmap['release_suite'] = ['str', None]
         self._optionmap['release_codename'] = ['str', None]
+        self._optionmap['experimental_release'] = ['bool', 0]
         self._optionmap['release_description'] = ['str', None]
         self._optionmap['release_signscript'] = ['str', None]
 
@@ -1336,6 +1337,8 @@ class SimpleSubdirArchiveDirIndexer(ArchiveDirIndexer):
             if not codename:
                 codename = suite
             f.write('Codename: ' + '%s/%s\n' % (codename, arch))
+            if self._experimental_release:
+                f.write('NotAutomatic: yes\n')
             f.write('Date: ' + time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S UTC", time.gmtime()) + '\n')
             f.write('Architectures: ' + arch + '\n')
             if self._release_description:
@@ -1424,6 +1427,8 @@ class FlatArchiveDirIndexer(ArchiveDirIndexer):
         if not codename:
             codename = suite
         f.write('Codename: ' + codename + '\n')
+        if self._experimental_release:
+            f.write('NotAutomatic: yes\n')
         f.write('Date: ' + time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S UTC", time.gmtime()) + '\n')
         f.write('Architectures: ' + string.join(self._arches, ' ') + '\n')
         if self._release_description: