Re: Bug#141686: xbase: name clash with old XFree86 package
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 07:24:47PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > > Package: xbase > > Version: 2.0.0-1 > > Severity: normal > > > > xbase |2.0.0-1 | unstable | source > > xbase | 3.3.6-11potato32 |stable | all > > > > This seems pretty broken to me ... it's a source package, so the lower > > version number doesn't cause the upgrade troubles it might otherwise do, > > but it *is* confusing the BTS into thinking Branden is the maintainer of > > the source package currently in unstable (hence the X-Debbugs-Cc:). > > Wouldn't it be better to rename the current xbase? > > The BTS is brain damaged about this, too. Very convenient for the > maintainer of this new "xbase" package, I will see all his bug reports. > :-P It's not actually BTS' fault; the part of dinstall that generates the Maintainers file would need to be changed to fix this. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Bug#141686: xbase: name clash with old XFree86 package
On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 10:59:37PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Package: xbase > Version: 2.0.0-1 > Severity: normal > > xbase |2.0.0-1 | unstable | source > xbase | 3.3.6-11potato32 |stable | all > > This seems pretty broken to me ... it's a source package, so the lower > version number doesn't cause the upgrade troubles it might otherwise do, > but it *is* confusing the BTS into thinking Branden is the maintainer of > the source package currently in unstable (hence the X-Debbugs-Cc:). > Wouldn't it be better to rename the current xbase? The BTS is brain damaged about this, too. Very convenient for the maintainer of this new "xbase" package, I will see all his bug reports. :-P FWIW, I no longer ship any package called "xbase" post-woody. However I agree that this package should change its name. -- G. Branden Robinson|Somewhere, there is a .sig so funny Debian GNU/Linux |that reading it will cause an [EMAIL PROTECTED] |aneurysm. This is not that .sig. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | pgp2OQdD9O08h.pgp Description: PGP signature
