Updating golang packages

[Tong Sun <suntong001@gmail.com>]

On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 5:00 AM Shengjing Zhu <zhsj@debian.org> wrote:
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> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 1:15 PM Tong Sun <suntong001@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm thinking to update golang-github-ghodss-yaml as it is about two years old now and some useful functionalities have been added in. So, the questions are:
> >
> > - would there be any objections?
> > - for two years the upstream author didn't publish any new version. Would the procedure be trying to nudge him for a new version first before going to the latest git version? How long should I normally wait, if upstream author is not responsive, before going to the latest git version?
> >
>
> I think you can update when it's needed. For example, your package
> needs new version, or bugs in old version.
>
> And just pay attention to coordinate with the reverse dependencies,
> you can use ratt[1] to check if the new version causes regressions.
>
> [1] https://packages.debian.org/unstable/ratt

Thanks Shengjing.

Anywhere I can read about how to update golang packages?

All the docs that I read were on *creating* packages with
dh-make-golang, and haven't got to updating them yet. please help.

thanks