On Mon, Jul 21, 2003 at 12:11:46PM +0200, Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote: > I packaged ROX-Filer (http://rox.sf.net/). Some time ago version 2.0.0 was > released as stable so I changed few things in packaging. Now I have 3 > packages: > > 1. rox - "stable release only" version of ROX-Filer > 2. rox-snapshot - CVS snapshot of development version > 3. rox-filer-hrw - rox-snapshot with few extra patches (some of them will not > be applied by upstream). > > Some time ago there was a bug which renders program unusable in current 'sid' > - it was fixed in CVS version so packages other then "rox" are free from it. > But not "rox" :( which is used by some people. > > What I should do now?
IMO, it depends on whether the bugfix is fairly self-contained, and/or whether the CVS version is almost a real release/is fairly stable. If CVS is stable and the fix for the nasty bug is complex, it might be reasonable to make CVS your new stable - versioning it appropriately. Otherwise, you'd be better off backporting the patch to your stable version and releasing that, because it'll surprise users less. The backport method is the Debian way - look at security releases - but ephemeral software in sid is different to stable security updates, so the rules aren't quite the same... - Matt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]