On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 11:59:04AM +0200, Kay F. Jahnke wrote:
I just released vspline 0.3.0, which introduces some minor API changes, bug
fixes and a few new features. Do I have to do anything on the debian side,
or will the change automatically result in an update to the package? I do
have a watch file in the debian/ folder scanning for the tag in my upstream
repo. The package itself is still in the NEW queue.
Unfortunately packages are not automatically updated, that would be too easy! :)
The very minimum is to import the new upstream version in git (normally with
"gbp import-orig --pristine-tar --uscan") and then to create a new changelog
entry. But you may also need to modify other things in the packaging, either
because of upstream changes, or because of changes in Debian standards and best
practices (e.g. upgrading to a newer version of the Debian Policy).
Note that it is still possible to upload a new version of the package even
though the previous one has not cleared the NEW queue. Note however that this
won’t accelerate the process of clearing NEW (and if anything, it may slow it,
though I am not sure of that).