Re: Policy: versioning between releases

2024-01-21 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 1/21/24 21:35, Matthias Urlichs wrote: Now … does that apply to crossing release boundaries? Specifically, if foo/testing requires bar >=1.1 to work but just states "Depends: bar >=1", and bar/stable is 1.0.42 … is that a bug? If so which severity? I'd say yes, with normal severity.

Re: Policy: versioning between releases

2024-01-21 Thread Paul Gevers
Hi, On 21-01-2024 16:08, Matthias Urlichs wrote: However according to our release notes we only support upgrading from release x to x+1, skipping releases is not allowed. I'm not talking about skipping releases but about partial upgrades. Thus … > foo/testing requires bar >=1.1 to work but

Re: Policy: versioning between releases

2024-01-21 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2024-01-21 Matthias Urlichs wrote: > On 21.01.24 15:34, Andreas Metzler wrote: > > However according to our release notes we only support upgrading from > > release x to x+1, skipping releases is not allowed. > I'm not talking about skipping releases but about partial upgrades. eah, but it

Re: Policy: versioning between releases

2024-01-21 Thread Matthias Urlichs
On 21.01.24 15:34, Andreas Metzler wrote: However according to our release notes we only support upgrading from release x to x+1, skipping releases is not allowed. I'm not talking about skipping releases but about partial upgrades. Thus … > foo/testing requires bar >=1.1 to work but just

Re: Policy: versioning between releases

2024-01-21 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Matthias Urlichs (2024-01-21 13:35:05) > question: policy 3.5 states, rather unequivocally, > > Every package must specify the dependency information about other > packages that are required for the first to work correctly. > > Now … does that apply to crossing release

Re: Policy: versioning between releases

2024-01-21 Thread Andreas Metzler
On 2024-01-21 Matthias Urlichs wrote: > question: policy 3.5 states, rather unequivocally, >Every package must specify the dependency information about other >packages that are required for the first to work correctly. > Now … does that apply to crossing release boundaries?

Policy: versioning between releases

2024-01-21 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, question: policy 3.5 states, rather unequivocally, Every package must specify the dependency information about other packages that are required for the first to work correctly. Now … does that apply to crossing release boundaries? Specifically, if foo/testing requires bar >=1.1 to