Can we get debug packages in Launchpad?

Solution 1:

Someone was kind enough to answer. It's available, but turned off by default.

For my project, I can find the two concerned flags on this page:

https://launchpad.net/~snapcpp/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+edit

Please make sure to change the project name (snapcpp here) before using the URL.

The flags are named:

  • Build debug symbols, and
  • Publish debug symbols

Just be careful since it's going to add more packages to your PPA repository and thus make it bigger. (a.k.a. you may run out of disk space) If you generate many different versions of each of your packages, this can grow quickly (i.e. AMD64, x86, ARM, etc.)

Although you can ask to increase the disk space, I don't think they do that for every single project. Also you can always remove older versions that you don't use anymore (that part is automatic within a distribution, but older distribution packages stick around for a while).