Re: News about the mentors.debian.net transition to upgraded software

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Andrew Starr-Bochicchio <a.starr.b@gmail.com> writes:

> I've always been told (and it has been repeatedly mentioned on this
> very list) that packages should only bump their version numbers for
> versions that actually entered the official archives.

There are some sponsors who prefer what you say here, and there are some
who prefer the opposite: every release uploaded should be differentiated
clearly by an increment of the release number.

And then there are some sponsors who don't mind either way.

So it's not a settled issue as you seem to imply.

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