On Mon, 08 Jan 2018, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Mon, 08 Jan 2018, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I don't think this explanation can be sufficient to see what I saw. > > In my case, the upload of a new version (4.2) caused the reordering > > of a few previous versions. > > Hrm; yeah, that doesn't match what I would have expected to happen > either. Give me a bit to go back through the code and get you a better > explanation.
I worked back through this in https://www.donarmstrong.com/posts/debbugs_merge_versions/ and I think that has a better explanation of what is actually happening using dgit as an example. Let me know if there's anything that could be clarified more. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com But if, after all, we are on the wrong track, what then? Only disappointed human hopes, nothing more. And even if we perish, what will it matter in the endless cycles of eternity? -- Fridtjof Nansen _Farthest North_ p152
