Re: Rules requiring source+binary uploads to debian-backports?

["Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>]

Thanks for the clarification!

> Some backport uploaders go the extra mile and (once the
> source+binary upload got accepted) follow up with a source-only
> upload as ~bpo12+2, which then causes the uploaded binary packages
> to be replaced by build generated binary packages. This is at least
> something every uploader can do to accomplish the same outcome, but
> I am not fully convinced this is something we shall enforce in the
> future the same way we already do for testing.

Well, in this particular case, I plan to follow up the upload of
e2fsprogs 1.47.2~rc1-2~bpo12+1 with an upload of e2fsprogs 1.47.2+1 to
testing, and then an upload of e2fsprogs 1.47.2-1~bpo12+1 to debian
backports.

I'll make sure to do a source-only upload for the 1.47.2 final
release.  :-)

Cheers,

					- Ted