Bug#211660: don't add stricter checks short before release
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Andreas Barth wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.10.13
> Severity: grave
>
> The last changes to dpkg makes unreleated packages FBFTS (well, as
> much unrelated as a package can be to a major toolchain piece), and is
> a policy violation.
>
> Generally, it's ok to add stricter checks. But the uploads where on
> 2003-09-16 and 2003-09-17, both _after_ the last change date for the
> toolchain, see
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html
>
> How do you expect us to release sarge when introducing FBFTS after the
> last minute and without warning on d-d-a? dpkg fails now if there is
> no space between the package name and the () for the version (example:
> "glibc(>>2.0)" don't work any more).
What package has that, so that I can use it to test?
> Also this change is a policy violation. According to policy:
> | Whitespace may appear at any point in the version specification
> | subject to the rules in Syntax of control files, Section 5.1, and must
> | appear where it's necessary to disambiguate; it is not otherwise
> | significant.
It's not a policy violation. It's just a normal bug in dpkg, that happens to
affect other packages.
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