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Bug#796442: §5.5 Uploads to suites other than unstable/experimental should use codenames, not suites



Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org> (2015-08-22):
> Le Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 10:59:23PM +0200, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud a écrit :
> > 
> > --- devref.orig.txt     2015-08-21 22:49:46.985614431 +0200
> > +++ devref.new.txt      2015-08-21 22:58:15.226984105 +0200
> > @@ -2209,9 +2209,10 @@
> >      from the first line of the debian/changelog file and places it in
> >      the Distribution field of the .changes file.
> >  
> > -    There are several possible values for this field: stable,
> > -    unstable, testing-proposed-updates and experimental. Normally,
> > -    packages are uploaded into unstable.
> > +    Packages are normally uploaded into unstable. Uploads to unstable or
> > +    experimental should use these suite names in the changelog entry;
> > +    uploads for other supported suites should use the suite codenames,
> > +    as they avoid any ambiguity.
> >  
> >      Actually, there are other possible distributions: codename
> >      -security, but read Section 5.8.5, “Handling security-related
> 
> Thanks Didier, I think that the change reflects current practice and
> should be committed.  Here is a DocBook-ised version.
> 
> diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk
> index 457619d..126eaac 100644
> --- a/pkgs.dbk
> +++ b/pkgs.dbk
> @@ -285,10 +285,10 @@ The package build process extracts this information from the first line of the
>  <literal>Distribution</literal> field of the <filename>.changes</filename> file.
>  </para>
>  <para>
> -There are several possible values for this field: <literal>stable</literal>,
> -<literal>unstable</literal>, <literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal> and
> -<literal>experimental</literal>.  Normally, packages are uploaded into
> -<literal>unstable</literal>.
> +Packages are normally uploaded into <literal>unstable</literal>. Uploads to
> +<literal>unstable</literal> or <literal>experimental</literal> should use these
> +suite names in the changelog entry; uploads for other supported suites should
> +use the suite codenames, as they avoid any ambiguity.
>  </para>
>  <para>
>  Actually, there are other possible distributions:
> 
> Are there other comments on Didier's proposal ?

Seconded, thanks.

Mraw,
KiBi.

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