Re: NMU and delayed

[Tomasz Muras <nexor1984@gmail.com>]

On 04/13/2012 08:00 AM, Tobias Frost wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 13.04.2012, 01:39 +0400 schrieb Michael Tokarev:
> > On 13.04.2012 01:08, Tomasz Muras wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > A Debian developer has uploaded a NMU (moodle 1.9.9.dfsg2-5.1) to DELAYED/7-DAY [1]. I have incorporated his changes, and added a new release (moodle 1.9.9.dfsg2-6) - the changelog now looks like [2].
> > > Is there any reason I should wait for that NMU to get processed in DELAYED queue? Or can I go ahead and upload a newer package with his and my changes?
> >
> > You can actually ask the developer who uploaded that NMU.
> > And I guess he gave you some information about this, too.
> >
> > But, without actually looking at the provided links, I can
> > say that usually an NMU which is uploaded into DELAYED queue
> > especially gives the actual maintainer some time to catch up.
> > Ie, if you can incorporate the changes and upload new version
> > faster, just go ahead and do it.  Provided the DELAYED queue
> > wasn't choosen due to some other reason, -- in which case
> > the developer who uploaded it there will know better for sure,
> > again...
> You do not need to wait for the NMU.
> If you upload a newer version before the DELAY expires, the NMU is
> automatically cancelled.

Thanks for all the answers, I've uploaded updated package and NMU from 
the DELAYED queue got rejected because of the older version.
I have kept the changelog entry from the NMU upload but what I didn't 
realize is that bugs closed by previous (NUM) changelog entry will not 
be closed automatically - so I had to close them manually.

cheers,
Tomek