Re: How to handle back-to-back firefox-esr uploads

[Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org>]

On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 05:32:20PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 09:22:22AM -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> >...
> > My intent is to upload firefox-esr_68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2 once the build is
> > complete and then go through the normal DLA reservation/publication
> > process with a version number of 68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2 (once the amd64
> > buildd completes its job successfully).  I will use the advisory text
> > from DSA 4695-1 (the corresponding DSA for firefox-esr in stable and
> > oldstable) and add a note that 68.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 was the first version
> > to actually contain the referenced fixes.  Should I include in the note
> > anything about the reason for the ~deb8u2 revision relating to the
> > build?  Any other suggestions on what I should include/not include?
> 
> I would include the high-level information to avoid confusion:
> 
>   68.9.0esr-1~deb8u2 fixes an i386 build error in the otherwise
>   identical 68.9.0esr-1~deb8u1 that was uploaded but not announced.
> 

Chris and Adrian,

Thanks for the toughtful feedback.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sánchez