* syncpackage:

- Ignore CURRENT blacklisting: it's buggy, and we don't have a good use
    for it.
  - Always display blacklist comments, if they exist.
  - Display timestamps for DSD blacklist comments.

debian/changelog

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ ubuntu-dev-tools (0.134) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
   * mk-sbuild: Correct typo in variable name. Thanks Laurent Declercq.
     (Closes: #645917)
   * Remove massfile. Neglected and unused (LP: #145598)
+  * syncpackage:
+    - Ignore CURRENT blacklisting: it's buggy, and we don't have a good use
+      for it.
+    - Always display blacklist comments, if they exist.
+    - Display timestamps for DSD blacklist comments.
 
   [ Benjamin Drung ]
   * syncpackage: Catch user abort.

syncpackage

@@ -414,7 +414,9 @@ def is_blacklisted(query):
     series = Launchpad.distributions['ubuntu'].current_series
     lp_comments = series.getDifferenceComments(source_package_name=query)
     blacklisted = False
-    comments = [c.body_text + u' -- ' + c.comment_author.name
+    comments = [u'%s\n  -- %s  %s'
+                %(c.body_text, c.comment_author.name,
+                  c.comment_date.strftime('%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000'))
                 for c in lp_comments]
 
     for diff in series.getDifferencesTo(source_package_name_filter=query):
@@ -427,21 +429,18 @@ def is_blacklisted(query):
     # Old blacklist:
     url = 'http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-archive/sync-blacklist.txt'
     with codecs.EncodedFile(urllib.urlopen(url), 'UTF-8') as f:
-        applicable_comments = []
+        applicable_lines = []
         for line in f:
             if not line.strip():
-                applicable_comments = []
+                applicable_lines = []
                 continue
-            m = re.match(r'^\s*([a-z0-9.+-]+)?\s*(?:#\s*(.+)?)?$', line)
+            m = re.match(r'^\s*([a-z0-9.+-]+)?', line)
-            source, comment = m.groups()
+            source = m.group(0)
+            applicable_lines.append(line)
             if source and query == source:
-                if comment:
+                comments += ["From sync-blacklist.txt:"] + applicable_lines
-                    applicable_comments.append(comment)
-                comments += applicable_comments
                 blacklisted = 'ALWAYS'
                 break
-            elif comment:
-                applicable_comments.append(comment)
 
     return (blacklisted, comments)
 
@@ -603,45 +602,42 @@ def main():
                                options.debian_mirror)
 
     blacklisted, comments = is_blacklisted(src_pkg.source)
+    blacklist_fail = False
     if blacklisted:
-        fail = False
         messages = []
 
         if blacklisted == 'CURRENT':
-            if options.force:
+            Logger.debug("Source package %s is temporarily blacklisted "
-                messages += ["Forcing override of temporary blacklisting."]
+                         "(blacklisted_current). Ubuntu ignores these for now. "
-            else:
+                         "See also LP: #841372", src_pkg.source)
-                fail = True
-                messages += ["The blacklisting only applies to the current "
-                             "versions in Debian and Ubuntu.",
-                             "--force is required to override the blacklist."]
         else:
             if options.force and not options.lp:
                 messages += ["Forcing fake-sync, overriding blacklist."]
             else:
-                fail = True
+                blacklist_fail = True
                 messages += ["--force and --no-lp are required to override the "
                              "blacklist, if this package needs a fakesync."]
             messages += ["If you think this package shouldn't be blacklisted, "
                          "please file a bug explaining your reasoning and "
                          "subscribe ~ubuntu-archive."]
 
-        if fail:
+        if blacklist_fail:
             Logger.error(u"Source package %s is blacklisted.", src_pkg.source)
-        else:
+        elif blacklisted == 'ALWAYS':
             Logger.normal(u"Source package %s is blacklisted.", src_pkg.source)
-
-        if comments:
-            Logger.normal("Blacklist Comments:")
-            for comment in comments:
-                for line in textwrap.wrap(comment):
-                    Logger.normal(u"  " + line)
         if messages:
             for message in messages:
                 for line in textwrap.wrap(message):
                     Logger.normal(line)
-        if fail:
+
-            sys.exit(1)
+    if comments:
+        Logger.normal("Blacklist Comments:")
+        for comment in comments:
+            for line in textwrap.wrap(comment):
+                Logger.normal(u"  " + line)
+
+    if blacklist_fail:
+        sys.exit(1)
 
     if options.lp:
         copy(src_pkg, options.release, options.bugs, options.simulate,