Re: list of valid distributions in Debian changelog file.

[Peter S Galbraith <p.galbraith@globetrotter.net>]

Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org> wrote:

> Peter S Galbraith wrote:
> > Hi,  What are the currently valid distribution to which we can make
> > uploads to?
> > 
> > debian-changelog-mode.el currently allows the user to set the
> > distribution field for an upload to multiple distributions, e.g.
> > 
> > xwatch (2.11-8) frozen unstable; urgency=low
> > 
> > The list of possibilities is currently set to:
> 
> The following are very bad and likely not to work properly with katie
> and the SRM, hence, I guess that it would make sense to not include
> them directly:
> 
> >   stable unstable
> >   stable frozen
> >   stable frozen unstable

Thanks, I have removed the possibility of setting multiple distributions
in the latest veersion of debian-changelog-mode.
 
> Additionally, for security we have:
> 
>    oldstable-security
>    stable-security
>    testing-security
> 
> However, I'd like people to upload through the security team so we
> don't suffer from broken distributions or broken versions when working
> on a security problem.  Yes, such things happen, way too often,
> unfortunately.  Hence, it may be wise to add these only as a comment
> in some document but not in the actual debian-changelog-mode.

I see.  I had included them, but I can remove them again.

Thanks!

Peter