Add a --distribution option

britney.py

@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ class Britney(object):
                           help="Do not compute which packages can migrate.")
         parser.add_option("", "--series", action="store", dest="series", default='',
                           help="set distribution series name")
+        parser.add_option("", "--distribution", action="store", dest="distribution", default="Debian",
+                          help="set distribution name")
         (self.options, self.args) = parser.parse_args()
 
         if self.options.verbose:

britney2/excuse.py

@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ class Excuse(object):
         """Set the section of the package"""
         self.section = section
 
+    def set_distribution(self, distribution):
+        """Set the distribution name"""
+        self.distribution = distribution
+
     def add_dependency(self, dep, spec):
         """Add a dependency of type deptype
 

britney2/excusefinder.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ class ExcuseFinder(object):
         # otherwise, add a new excuse for its removal
         src = item.suite.sources[pkg]
         excuse = Excuse(item)
+        excuse.set_distribution(self.options.distribution)
         excuse.addinfo("Package not in %s, will try to remove" % source_suite.name)
         excuse.set_vers(src.version, None)
         src.maintainer and excuse.set_maint(src.maintainer)
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ class ExcuseFinder(object):
         excuse.set_vers(source_t.version, source_t.version)
         source_u.maintainer and excuse.set_maint(source_u.maintainer)
         source_u.section and excuse.set_section(source_u.section)
+        excuse.set_distribution(self.options.distribution)
 
         # if there is a `remove' hint and the requested version is the same as the
         # version in testing, then stop here and return False
@@ -294,6 +296,7 @@ class ExcuseFinder(object):
         source_u.maintainer and excuse.set_maint(source_u.maintainer)
         source_u.section and excuse.set_section(source_u.section)
         excuse.add_package(PackageId(src, source_u.version, "source"))
+        excuse.set_distribution(self.options.distribution)
 
         # if the version in unstable is older, then stop here with a warning in the excuse and return False
         if source_t and apt_pkg.version_compare(source_u.version, source_t.version) < 0: