Re: Uploaded ppp 2.3.5-1 (alpha) to master
Hi,
>>"Jules" == Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>> > Changes: ppp (2.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low . Not a new
>> Maintainer just trying to help
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Jules> Huh?
Jules> Someones got version numbers confused, haven't they? 2.3.5-1
Jules> is a maintainer release style version number, surely... if it
Jules> was a NMU, it should have been 2.3.5-0.2 or 2.3.5-1.1...
Jules> or do I misremember my packaging manual..
This upload was not by a debian developer (and its broken,
too, for what that matters). Since they are not debian developers,
they do not have to follow policy; and we have no control over what
is in the package at all.
I see this as a security hole in the Debian upload process.
manoj
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