Moving a package (to non-free)
Hi,
I was trying to move a package (iausofa-c) from main to non-free with a
new version. In the developers reference [1], the according paragraph is
5.9.1:
> If you need to change the section for one of your packages, change
> the package control information to place the package in the desired
> section, and re-upload the package
So, I changed the section to non-free, and uploaded the new version
2013.12.02-1 (resp. I asked my sponsor to do so). However, this was
followed by some unexpected things:
1. I got a traceback with a rejection [2]
2. Someone then removed the old binary packages [3]
3. Then the package got accepted [4]
3. After a few days, I got a "serious" bug that the source is still in
main [5]
No I am unsure what to do. I followed the reference, but it was somehow
not recognized. The real procedure to move a package seems to be
different from the documentation. Is this a bug in the manual? And, if
yes, what is the correct way? If not, should I file a bug against
ftp-masters saying that the implementation to move a package is wrong?
Or did I something fundamentally misunderstand here? Do I refer to the
right section of the reference manual and do I interpret it correctly?
Best regards
Ole
[1] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#moving-pkgs
[2] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-science-maintainers/2014-January/022351.html
[3] http://bugs.debian.org/735677
[4] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/debian-science-maintainers/2014-January/022360.html
[5] http://bugs.debian.org/737055
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