Re: Would you cosider accepting this update to address bug 615227 in squeeze?
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 14:43:48 +0100, Rik Theys wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Julien Cristau wrote:
>
> >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?
>
Yes.
Cheers,
Julien
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