Quoting Andreas Tille (2022-02-25 09:22:38) > Am Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 11:58:12PM +0900 schrieb Osamu Aoki: > > > This is probably very academic now since Andreas Tille has > > > uploaded a fixed xdelta3 package today. > > > > Now that I know that the new xdelta3 is uploaded, I am OK. > > BTW, I stumbled upon xdelta3 since also a package of mine received > this autoremoval warning. Usually I try to take action on it. > > I had to decide between a "proper NMU" and an "upload that fits the > packaging standards I apply to what I upload" (which includes > maintained on Salsa, usage of dh, DEP5 copyright ... basically > removing the smell from the package). I decided for the latter but at > the same time I was aware that I violated the rules we gave given each > other. > > Given the fact that there was a nearly 4 year old patch (#895957) made > me feel that I'm not alone with this but on the other hand the creator > of the patch (thanks Jeremy for doing at least half of the necessary > work) hesitated to upload his work. This brings up again the > discussion about how much changes are allowed to simply remove smell > from packages is accepted. Do you mean to say above that "smell removal" is somehow not an NMU?!? Seems to me that these change simply fit this > fixes for trivial bugs that block a transition, [where] it is > desirable that the fixed package reaches unstable sooner [than 10 > days]. as written at https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#nmu I would certainly be frustrated if someone fast-tracked an NMU with structural changes like switching to short-form dh, with the reasoning that "the packaged had a smell to it", for a package that I maintain. I recall that we have discussed which packaging style to recommened someone that has no strong opinion, but I am unaware that we have decided that "smelly" packages are now somehow "outlawed" in the sense that they don't need *exactly* the same caution as any other NMU. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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