On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 07:42:14PM -0400, Michael Hall wrote: > On 09/03/2012 04:03 PM, Philipp Kern wrote: > > am Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 07:59:15PM +0200 hast du folgendes > > geschrieben: > >> * Review the spec at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppDevUploadProcess > > what happens in case of a namespace conflict with Debian? Given > > that apps are not only in dpkg's namespace of all installed > > applications, as they also refer to paths within /usr. Can a > > package in Ubuntu be updated through this process? Will a package > > that appears in Ubuntu proper supersede the application submitted > > through this process? Will the version for use by apt and dpkg be > > prefixed, so that it does not collide? (I see todo items > > referencing a version numbering scheme, but I don't see it spelled > > out at first glance.) > Apps already in the archives won't be eligible for this process. We > don't have any requirement on version prefixing, the work items are > there to make sure quickly and the lintian profile are using the > normal version numbering scheme.
Hm, you dodged the issue of an app getting added to Debian/Ubuntu proper. Will you forbid epochs so that people cannot do something silly? Kind regards Philipp Kern
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