On 25/09/14 10:00, Neil Williams wrote: > On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:42:42 +0200 > Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk> wrote: > >> Quoting Daniel Pocock (2014-09-25 09:16:46) >>> I have a package, version 2.2.5-5 in unstable and testing >>> >>> I uploaded 2.2.5-6 and 2.2.5-7 to experimental. Should I have >>> given them versions like 2.2.5-6~exp1 or something and then upload >>> a proper 2.2.5-6 to unstable when I am happy with it? Or should my >>> next upload to unstable by 2.2.5-8? Or do I just ignore the >>> version numbers I uploaded to experimental and use 2.2.5-6 as the >>> next version number for an unstable upload, even if it doesn't >>> contain the same things as 2.2.5-6 in experimental? >> Both approaches makes sense to me - depending on your reason for >> using experimental in the first place - and on your mood. > Any approach which tries to use the same version in multiple suites at > the same time does not make sense to the archive. The mood of the > maintainer is rightly ignored by dak. >
Personally, I think the suffix would be useful for cases where the upload to experimental and unstable are both otherwise identical If I upload 2.2.5-8 to unstable, should it include the changelog entries for experimental too or that doesn't matter either way? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5423dd42.6060...@pocock.pro
