Hi Jochen, I'm putting Debian Science list in CC. More information about this discussion is in bug #887454.
On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 01:41:10AM +0100, Jochen Sprickerhof wrote: > * Andreas Tille <ti...@debian.org> [2018-02-17 22:30]: > > A not uploaded state has the target distribution "UNRELEASED". Once it > > is uploaded this is set to "unstable" and the commit log says something > > like: > > > > "Uploaded to unstable (or new)" > > > > I think that's pretty obvious vor everybody even without a tag. > > We had the UNRELEASED discussion before, so there are obviously different > ways to do it. But I would call an upload a release, as in you should not > modify that version anymore and also don't use the same version number again > for something different. So you might as well tag it. I don't see a benefit > of putting the tag afterwards, rather it would make it harder for tools like > git-buildpackage to find a reference point for a new version. Also note that > packages might get uploaded and used on other sites, so it's useful to have > the tag as a reference point. > If your way of doing it is really common practice, I would be glad to get > some references for it. Very simple: https://debian-science.alioth.debian.org/debian-science-policy.html#idm45916846202048 The Debian Science team where this package is maintained has agreed upon this policy. > But otherwise we could just agree to have different > views and stop this :). I admit I have no big interest in keeping on this discussion, but it makes things easier if members of a team follow the policy. > > Its not about holding back version numbers. As far as I know ftpmaster > > is not really happy about Debian revisions different from "-1". > > Do you have a reference for this? Because I see some packages with higher > numbers in there and one I uploaded recently with a -2 got accepted pretty > quick without a complaint. I admit I'm to lazy to seek for references. There are cases when revisions with higher numbers accepted but what I said is that ftpmaster "is not happy" - I did not say that it is a reason for rejection. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de