Re: FTBFS, error in .orig.tar.gz
Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org> writes:
> I don't believe it is possible to upload a new orig.tar.gz for the same
> upstream version of a package. That's a fairly reasonable thing, IMHO --
> you really don't want the source for your package shifting under your
> feet...
Well, what we need is a more flexible system. :) But we don't have it,
so given what we have, you're surely right.
> What would work, from the look of it, is to bump the upstream version number
> to 0.6+2.1, and create the new tarball with that "upstream" version number,
> and then create your 0.6+2.1-1 Debian version with the same patch (modulo
> any other QA updates you might want to apply).
Hrm. I think I'll go for Matt Kraai's suggestion, which seems more
transparent to me.
Thomas
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