Moin, On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:55:35AM -0500, Jeremy Bicha wrote: > On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Christian T. Steigies <c...@debian.org> > wrote: > > The package has migrated to testing, what else needs to be synced in Debian? > > What is Launchpad? > > Oops, I meant to write "can't be synced to Ubuntu". Launchpad is the > service Ubuntu uses for bug tracking and many other things needed to > build Ubuntu.
Since the package migrated to Debian/testing, I consider this to be a bug in Ubuntu Launchpad, not Debian. Please forward it to Ubuntu as I can not fix bugs in Ubuntu. > > https://packages.qa.debian.org/m/moon-buggy.html > > I do not know why the source package does not include the epoch in the dsc > > filename, but thats how it came out of git buildpackage. > > Epochs are not included in filenames. > > >> By the way, I don't see any reason why you needed to add or bump the epoch > >> here. > > > > I was asked to remove ESD support. The old source package contained two tar > > balls, the "real" tarball plus a separate one with patches (upstream wanted > > things separate). The build script was, say, not optimal, and I also made > > the mistake of uploading it as debian native package. By bumping the epoch > > and repackaging from scratch, I tried to fix all the mistakes I had made a > > long time ago. What is the purpose of an epoch if I need to increase the > > Debian version nevertheless? > > I don't know. Why do you think you needed to use an epoch? epochs are > strongly disliked by many Debian Developers and we prefer to avoid > them unless they are necessary. I tried to explain in my answer above. When I first uploaded 1.0.51 I made the mistake to upload it as Debian native package and I want to ship the source without the ESD patches now. I see no other way of fixing this than using an epoch (there will not be another upstream release, I have waited for more than 10 years already). I know DDs do not like epochs, this is the first time I used one. As far as I understand the packaging manual, it is a valid option if you screwed up the version numbering. If you know of a better solution, please let me know. But in any case, moon-buggy now uses an epoch. Christian
