Re: Question about splitting a source package with an epoch
On 2025-05-14, Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> wrote:
> 1. Should I create an ITP for the new source package, even though the binary
> package it produces is not new? Something about creating an ITP that includes
> an epoch feels off to me.
I would consider an ITP here 'useless busywork' - if people want to work
on it, they would contact you anyways and not look for a itp to avoid
double work.
To me, ITP's are advisory locking to avoid having several work on the
same thing and maybe to gauge reactions if what you want to package
might be controversial to get feedback before doing the work.
> 2. When moving the binary package to a new source package, should the old
> changelog be preserved? It seems even weirder to me to have a one-line
> changelog that says “Initial release” that already contains an epoch.
I'd just do "initial separate source release. Split out from
src:<otherpackage>" or something like that.
/Sune
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