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Re: Deciphering versions.html



On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:51:10 +0200, Jeremiah Foster wrote:

[http://pkg-perl.alioth.debian.org/qa/versions.html]

> Package: Name of the package in debian

Yup.

> Repository: Version of the package in the debian-perl group's subversion 
> repository

Yup.

> Archive: Links to package information in debian's online package and bug 
> tracking systems.

Yup, and especially which version is in either unstable or somewhere
else.

> Upstream: Link to the source of the package with the link showing the 
> version at upstream.

Yup, and especially which version upstream has.

> Legend: If it is orange-ish it needs uploading to debian's ftp servers 
> since the package has been updated or is ready for debian.

Yup, determined by version_in_subversion_repository >
version_in_archive.

> If it is blue that means that there have been changes to the upstream 
> package and someone can package this newer version for debian and insert it 
> into the subversion repo for debian-perl.

Yup, that's upstream_version > version_in_subversion_repository.

Hey, the page is self-explaining ;-)

Cheers,
gregor
 
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