Sven Joachim dixit: >On 2011-05-13 11:21 +0200, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > >> There are no old entries. The new cvs package is not >> derived from the old package. > >How is that possible, given that it's still the same .orig tarball
No, it’s not: the new .orig.tar.gz is the actual upstream tarball. >You may have done the Debian packaging from scratch, but I don't think >this is sufficient reason to destroy the package's history. The debian/changelog file documents the changes to the Debian packaging. Upstream changelogs are installed as well. I said I will _replace_ Debian’s old CVS package with mine when I offered to take it over, and so I did so there is nothing to “keep” since it was never there (in fact, my CVS package was created due to the short- comings of the old one). This is final. bye, //mirabilos -- If Harry Potter gets a splitting headache in his scar when he’s near Tom Riddle (aka Voldemort), does Tom get pain in the arse when Harry is near him? -- me, wondering why it’s not Jerry Potter……… -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org