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Re: uploading to stable



On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 08:31:35PM +0100, Sebastien Chaumat wrote:
> Hi,

Hi

> Le dim 22/12/2002 à 19:40, Steve Langasek a écrit :
> > On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 07:13:40PM +0100, Sebastien Chaumat wrote:
> > 
> > > My package in stable and testing is in version 2.1.
> > > In unstable it is version 3.0-1.
> > > 3.0-2 is already in the pool for unstable.
> > 
> > > I need to upload a package vith version >=3.0 to stable-proposed-update.
> > > Which version should I upload to stable?
> > 
> > Why do you say that you NEED to upload such a version to
> > stable-proposed-updates?  Do you understand that, even if it is accepted
> > by the archive software, such a version jump will not be accepted by the
> > stable release manager?
> 
> Because replicator's version is supposed to match the debian's version
> it is build for :
> 
>  replicator 2.1  can replicate debian 2.1,2.2
>  replicator 3.0 can replicate debian 3.0

Well... This is not a very critical bug...

> > 
> > > When I try to upload in stable a version identical to the unstable one
> > > it is rejected :( 
> > 
> > > How can I proceed to upload a recent version to stable (the best would
> > > be 3.0-2) ?
> > 
> > The versions should be stable <= testing <= unstable.  This means the
> > archive scripts will not let you upload a package to stable until the
> > package in testing has been updated.
> > 
> thanks for this explanation.
> 
> > It's also not possible to use the exact same package version twice when
> > uploading.  You must use a unique package version for each upload, while
> > still meeting the version requirements above.
> 
> But how to deal with changelog then? Does that mean I must keep an old 3.0
> version around to upload it to stable when 3.0-2 will hit testing?  
>
Yes. It the version number really that important?

Regards,

// Ola

> 
> SEb
> 
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