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Re: versions / suffixes in experimental



On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:42:42 +0200
Jonas Smedegaard <dr@jones.dk> wrote:

> Quoting Daniel Pocock (2014-09-25 09:16:46)
> > I have a package, version 2.2.5-5 in unstable and testing
> >
> > I uploaded 2.2.5-6 and 2.2.5-7 to experimental.  Should I have
> > given them versions like 2.2.5-6~exp1 or something and then upload
> > a proper 2.2.5-6 to unstable when I am happy with it?  Or should my
> > next upload to unstable by 2.2.5-8?  Or do I just ignore the
> > version numbers I uploaded to experimental and use 2.2.5-6 as the
> > next version number for an unstable upload, even if it doesn't
> > contain the same things as 2.2.5-6 in experimental?
> 
> Both approaches makes sense to me - depending on your reason for
> using experimental in the first place - and on your mood.

Any approach which tries to use the same version in multiple suites at
the same time does not make sense to the archive. The mood of the
maintainer is rightly ignored by dak.

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