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Re: Upload of a new package



Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote:

> > - A new minor upstream version is available for the package, my sponsor
> >   told me it is better to wait the package enters in unstable before
> >   send the new version, because every upload before this happens "reset
> >   the timer" and I have to wait more time to see my package in unstable.
>
> I don't know exactly, but it might be that there is a potential problem
> closing bugs with the first upload (both are progressed to unstable
> simultaneously, and if the older one is refused because the newer one
> happens to get there first, it's bugs aren't closed).

You can avoid this problem by using "dpkg-buildpackage -v" to make sure
that the changelog entries for both versions appear in the uploaded
.changes file.



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