Hi, On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Julien Cristau wrote:
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 11:57:41 -0800, Jack Bates wrote:Hi, to address bug 615227 in squeeze, would you consider accepting an updated package with just these changes? http://nottheoilrig.com/debian/201103110/patch - or do you have any other feedback for me, what is the best thing to do?A few things: - the fix should probably get a bit more exposure in unstable before we accept it in stable - changing the source package format in a stable update is a no-no
The package in squeeze was packaged as a "native" package. I asked on IRC in #debian-release how to apply the patch in this case. I was told to either apply the patch to the shipped "upstream" tar archive, or to either change the packaging. I opted to change the packaging as this would show what has changed since the original tar. I provided this new packaging to the DD for his convenience. Would it have more change of being included in a stable point release if the original packaging is kept and the patch applied to the tar?
- the patch itself looks reasonable enough
Regards, Rik