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Remove a PPA

Asked by Mathias Weyland

Hello

I created a PPA yesterday with patched versions of pidgin for this bug because I had to deploy patched packages super-fast:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/fedora/+source/linux/+bug/413656

Now the bug is fixed and updated packages are available from ubuntu-security so that my PPA is not needed any longer. I removed all packages, but I've been told that I have to file this question to request the deletion of the PPA. The URL to the PPA is:

https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-weyland/+archive/pidgin-safe

Thank you

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Michael Nelson (michael.nelson) said : 		#1

<noodles775> Hi papo, I just read the description of your ppa removal - and just wanted to check: do you really want it removed? You might use it another time in similar circumstances?
<noodles775> I mean, there's no harm in it being empty until you need it - let me know what you think.
<papo> noodles775: Hmm, good point, but I guess next time I would rather make a PPA called "security" or something. That would allow me to add and remove packages for this kind of issue. On the other hand, if it's complicated for you to remove the thing, I could do precisely that with the current PPA, the name wouldn't exactly be proper, though
<papo> noodles775: I didn't realized that I was not able to remove a PPA myself when I created it yesterday... I guess I would have done what I just described if I had known that
<noodles775> papo: you can still create a second ppa call security, and leave the current one for other things you may package in the future.

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Michael Nelson (michael.nelson) said : 		#2

OK:

<cprov> empty PPAs (never had any uploads) can be purged, but once you upload anything to it it can only be disabled and the ppa-name will be blacklisted.

So it can't be removed, but you can have it disabled if it's important to you... if so, just re-open this question and say so and it'll be assigned to a launchpad admin.

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