On 2011-12-16 18:34:22 +0000 (+0000), Philip Ashmore wrote: [...] > I guess I shouldn't post the updates to SourceForge GIT until I > can get v3c accepted to Debian. > > Won't lintian/sponsors complain that the version being submitted > is newer than the upstream version - the version pointed to by the > watch file?
Packages officially included in Debian quite often need to be maintained by different individuals than the upstream software authors, thus packaging-related work is best managed as a separate project from the upstream source it packages so that it doesn't get in the way of those efforts. In Debian source and binary package file names you'll see the upstream version and Debian package version are different numbers separated by a hyphen (-). This way, when only the packaging itself is modified you don't need to increase the upstream version component since the upstream tarball(s) remain unchanged from the previous package. Some pedants will likely bring up native packages as an exception to this, but in years on this list I don't think I've ever seen a DD sponsor a native package as new so it's not particularly relevant in this case. If your upstream source and Debian packaging are truly separate, then any changes to your upstream code needed to ease your packaging work can be committed to your git repository before you start requesting sponsoring of your Debian source package. That said, if you have a reasonable need to get a sponsor to upload a package containing a newer upstream version than the published one (an embargoed security patch, for example), that shouldn't pose a problem for a sponsor as long as it's explained sufficiently. -- { IRL(Jeremy_Stanley); WWW(http://fungi.yuggoth.org/); PGP(43495829); WHOIS(STANL3-ARIN); SMTP(fu...@yuggoth.org); FINGER(fu...@yuggoth.org); MUD(kin...@katarsis.mudpy.org:6669); IRC(fu...@irc.yuggoth.org#ccl); } -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111217025542.gg...@yuggoth.org