From 06446bbd4dde09f4d88cafc359185c20e55153bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Evan Broder <evan@ebroder.net>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:16:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] backportpackage: Add --suffix option

---
 backportpackage       | 18 +++++++++++++-----
 doc/backportpackage.1 | 10 ++++++++++
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backportpackage b/backportpackage
index 4b9046f..a21f871 100755
--- a/backportpackage
+++ b/backportpackage
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ def parse(args):
                  default=None,
                  help='Backport from SOURCE release (default: devel release)',
                  metavar='SOURCE')
+    p.add_option('-S', '--suffix',
+                 dest='suffix',
+                 default=None,
+                 help='Suffix to append to version number (default: ~ppa1)',
+                 metavar='SUFFIX')
     p.add_option('-b', '--build',
                  dest='build',
                  default=False,
@@ -173,9 +178,11 @@ def fetch_package(lp, workdir, package, version, source_release):
                cwd=workdir)
     return os.path.join(workdir, os.path.basename(dsc))
 
-def get_backport_version(version, upload, release):
+def get_backport_version(version, suffix, upload, release):
     v = version + ('~%s1' % release)
-    if upload and upload.startswith('ppa:'):
+    if suffix:
+        v += suffix
+    elif upload and upload.startswith('ppa:'):
         v += '~ppa1'
     return v
 
@@ -210,12 +217,12 @@ def do_upload(workdir, package, bp_version, upload):
         check_call(['dput', upload, changes_file], cwd=workdir)
 
 
-def do_backport(workdir, package, dscfile, version, release, build, builder,
-                update, upload):
+def do_backport(workdir, package, dscfile, version, suffix, release, build,
+                builder, update, upload):
     check_call(['dpkg-source', '-x', dscfile, package], cwd=workdir)
     srcdir = os.path.join(workdir, package)
 
-    bp_version = get_backport_version(version, upload, release)
+    bp_version = get_backport_version(version, suffix, upload, release)
     bp_dist = get_backport_dist(upload, release)
 
     check_call(['dch',
@@ -278,6 +285,7 @@ def main(args):
                         package,
                         dscfile,
                         version,
+                        suffix,
                         release,
                         opts.build,
                         opts.builder,
diff --git a/doc/backportpackage.1 b/doc/backportpackage.1
index bd08f73..64d8ed6 100644
--- a/doc/backportpackage.1
+++ b/doc/backportpackage.1
@@ -22,6 +22,16 @@ this option nor \fB\-\-version\fR are specified, then
 \fBbackportpackage\fR defaults to the current Ubuntu development
 release.
 .TP
+.B \-S \fISUFFIX\fR, \-\-suffix=\fISUFFIX\fR
+Add the specified suffix to the version number when
+backporting. \fBbackportpackage\fR will always append
+~\fIDESTINATION\fR1 to the original version number, and if
+\fISUFFIX\fR is specified, it is appended to that, to get version
+numbers of the form
+\fIORIGINAL_VERSION\fR~\fIDESTINATION\fR1\fISUFFIX\fR. If the
+backported package is being uploaded to a PPA, then \fISUFFIX\fR
+defaults to \fB~ppa1\fR, otherwise the default is blank.
+.TP
 .B \-b, \-\-build
 Build the package with the specified builder before uploading. Note
 for \fBpbuilder\fR(8) users: This assumes the common configuration,