On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubu...@kitterman.com> wrote: > On Saturday, December 29, 2012 02:55:51 PM Bhavani Shankar R wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 29, 2012 at 12:48 PM, Scott Kitterman <ubu...@kitterman.com> > wrote: >> > Bhavani Shankar R <bh...@ubuntu.com> wrote: >> >>On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Stéphane Graber <stgra...@ubuntu.com> >> >> >> >>wrote: >> >>> On 12/28/2012 06:37 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: >> >>>> The existence of >> >> >> >>http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.5.11ubuntu12 >> >>.10.1.dsc>> >> >>>> was recently mentioned #ubuntu-devel. This seems to be in direct >> >>>> contradiction of >> >> >> >>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AppReviewBoard/Review/Guidelines - in >> >> >> >>>> particular "Apps should not be forks or updates of existing >> >> >> >>applications in >> >> >> >>>> the Ubuntu archive (main/universe/etc). ". >> >>>> >> >>>> Who was this discussed with outside the ARB before it was uploaded? >> >> >> >> As it >> >> >> >>>> stands, lintian will be upgraded to this version in any quantal >> >> >> >>system where >> >> >> >>>> extras has not been disabled, so it has potential to affect >> >> >> >>developers that >> >> >> >>>> have no relation to extras or the ARB. >> >>>> >> >>>> Scott K >> >>> >> >>> I can't remember seeing any discussion about this and it's a clear >> >>> violation of what was approved by the Technical Board in regard to >> >> >> >>the >> >> >> >>> extras repository. >> >>> >> >>> I've removed the lintian package from the ARB PPA and that removal >> >>> should be propagated to the extras archive in the next hour or so. >> >>> >> >>> I'd appreciate if someone from the ARB could explain what was the >> >>> reasoning behind this upload so that we can make sure whatever >> >> >> >>problem >> >> >> >>> it was trying to address indeed gets addressed but without causing >> >>> problem with the main archive. >> >> >> >>/me stepping in for the ARB here as I am directly co-ordinating with >> >>Niels from debian regarding the arb-lintian. >> >> >> >> >> >>Firstly sorry for the version mismatch that happened. The whole idea >> >>was to integrate arb checks in lintian of which major namespace and >> >>/opt requirement integrated in lintian. Will redirect any lintian >> >>uploads here on to the staging PPA to avoid any problems >> >> >> >>Apologies again. >> >> >> >>Regards, >> >> >> > Does that mean you uploaded it to extras by accident or intentionally? >> > >> > Scott K >> >> Version mismatch happened by accident. > > But putting it in extras was intentional? > > Scott K
Again the answer is No. It was purely accidental as I misread and targeted the upload to extras. See [1] But as I said the version mismatch was purely accidental. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/app-review-board/2012-November/002569.html Regards, -- Bhavani Shankar Ubuntu Developer | www.ubuntu.com https://launchpad.net/~bhavi -- Ubuntu-release mailing list Ubuntu-release@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-release