As I'm not very familiar with hg-git either. Maybe my patch will be a diff between the latest version and the old version. But you said SRUs don't do full upload. How can I handle this ?
On 11/16/11, Evan Broder <e...@ebroder.net> wrote: > Are you interested in backporting hg-git because it introduces new > features, or because it fixes bugs? > > We prefer to use the backports process only for introducing features, > and not for fixing bugs. Because backports aren't installed by default, > it means that not everybody gets access to the bug fix. > > For fixing bugs we use the SRU process (Stable Release Updates - > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StableReleaseUpdates). However, because of > stability risk, we don't do full version upgrades in SRUs, so we need to > have an isolated, minimal patch in order to fix the issues. > > Can you pick out the patches required to fix the mercurial > incompatibilities, and also provide a description of how to reproduce > the crashes? Since it sounds like this could have broad impact for hg- > git users, I'm happy to drive the SRU process - regardless of whether or > not we continue with the backport - but I don't have any familiarity > with hg-git. > > If there are actually new features from hg-git 0.3.1 that you would > still like to backport, please test that the current version of the > package builds, installs, and runs in oneiric. You can test this using > the backportpackage scripts in ubuntu-dev-tools to build in a PPA, by > running something like > > backportpackage -u ppa:<lp username>/<ppa name> -s precise -d > oneiric hg-git > > Once you've verified that the package builds, installs, and runs, please > change the status of this bug to "Confirmed". In the mean time, I'm > going to mark it as "Incomplete" so that the backporters can keep track > of which bugs we've dealt with. > > ** Changed in: oneiric-backports > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug > report. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/890621 > > Title: > Please backport hg-git(0.3.1-1) from precise to oneiric > > Status in Oneiric Backports: > Incomplete > Status in “hg-git” package in Ubuntu: > Fix Released > Status in “hg-git” source package in Oneiric: > New > > Bug description: > hg-git 0.2.6 will cause mercurial ( >= 1.9) crash. > 0.3.1-1 fixed this bugs. > > see changelog of hg-git for more details. > > please backport hg-git to oneric. > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/oneiric-backports/+bug/890621/+subscriptions > -- Qijiang Fan College of Computer Science and Technology Huazhong University of Science and Technology 1037 Luoyu Road, Wuhan, Hubei, China PGP KEY FINGERPRINT: 9DCA 7C0D 30E3 D78B 2D2B 133D 3983 9DD3 50E4 6156 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Backporters, which is the registrant for Oneiric Backports. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/890621 Title: Please backport hg-git(0.3.1-1) from precise to oneiric To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/oneiric-backports/+bug/890621/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-backports mailing list ubuntu-backports@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-backports