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Re: Recent changes in dpkg



On Thu, 27 May 2010 10:05:51 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:

> Yes, we're starting a long-term migration that will require every package
> to be modified. [..]
> No, we won't break packages, it's a migration and dpkg-source will be
> switched only when all packages have been modified. There are warnings
> in place both in dpkg-source and in lintian. We are fully aware that it will
> take very long [..]
> And 1.17.x means squeeze+2. And at that time, 1.0 will still be supported,
> it's just that it won't be assumed if debian/source/format is absent.

Thanks for the clear summary of the plans.

FWIW: I think that's a reasonable approach.


Cheers,
gregor
 
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