Re: versions / suffixes in experimental
On 25/09/14 10:00, Neil Williams wrote:
> 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.
>
Personally, I think the suffix would be useful for cases where the
upload to experimental and unstable are both otherwise identical
If I upload 2.2.5-8 to unstable, should it include the changelog entries
for experimental too or that doesn't matter either way?
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