Re: Uploaded ppp 2.3.5-1 (alpha) to master
On Fri, 15 May 1998, Anthony Fok wrote:
> Hello Christopher! :-)
>
> I'm not sure whether it was my fault or not, but anyway, I downloaded
> ppp_2.3.5-1_i386 a while ago, and diald wouldn't work any more for some
> reason after I rebooted, so I checked changelog.Debian and saw the
> following:
>
> > Changes:
> > ppp (2.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
> > .
> > * Not a new Maintainer just trying to help
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > * New upstream release
>
> Hmm... I forgot who uploaded that package, but if it is true that the guy
> is not even a Debian maintainer, then... Hmm... how did it get into master's
> Incoming in the first place? :-)
>
> Perplexed, I had to use minicom to use my shell account to fetch
> the ppp*.deb packages again. Note that there are *two* of them currently
> sitting on master:
>
> 2.3.5-1 from the "Not a new Maintainer just trying to help" person,
> seems to be broken (?) (It worked right after I upgraded,
> but seemed to fail after I rebooted... I didn't check what
> errors though...)
> package dated May 8, 1998
>
> 2.3.5-0.1 by Espy, a trusted Debian developer (by "trusted" I mean
> I recognize his name. ;-)
> package dated May 13?, 1998.
>
> Anyway, I downloaded Espy's 2.3.5-0.1 version, and voila! Everything worked
> again. :-)
>
> So, if you guys think it is appropriate, could someone remove 2.3.5-1 and
> keep 2.3.5-0.1 on master's Incoming? Thanks! :-)
Huh?
Someones got version numbers confused, haven't they? 2.3.5-1 is a
maintainer release style version number, surely... if it was a NMU, it
should have been 2.3.5-0.2 or 2.3.5-1.1...
or do I misremember my packaging manual..
Jules
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