Re: uploaded package handling
On Mon, 8 Apr 1996, Andy Guy wrote:
>
> Having, I think settled on a .changes file format, we can now think
> about what to do with them.
>
> I like the idea of mailing in the .changes files rather than uploading
would be nice
> UPLOADED PACKAGE HANDLING SYSTEM
>
> Starting point: The UPHS gets a .changes file from somewhere.
>
> First, the pgp signature (should be the current maintainer) on the
> .changes is checked
o source packages (containing a .tar.gz file) should be signed
by the source maintainer, even if there are also some binary
packages included (priority to the source).
o binary-only packages (containing only .deb files) are signed
by the resp. architecture maintainer.
> a) Check that the new version > current version in the disribution
binary only packages should be newer then already existing binary
packages, but not newer then the coresponding source packages.
> A message should then be sent to the correct changes mailing list
> telling everyone about the new wonderful package.
for stable packages it's debian-changes, for the sources and the
i386 binaries it's debian-devel, for the other archs it's
debian-$ARCH.
just my $0.02 ;-)
jjm
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