Re: Backport to etch

[Julian Gilbey <jdg@polya.uklinux.net>]

On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 03:21:21PM +0200, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> On Mon, 14 Mai 2007, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> > I believe that bpo.1 is the normal suffix.  Have a look at the
> > backports repository for examples.
> 
> On Mon, 14 Mai 2007, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> > Should it go to <http://www.backports.org>? Then you must name ist
> > 2007-7~bpo.1 The changelog entry looks good.
> 
> Ok, taking a look there I see that it should be 
> 	2007-7~bpo.1
> 
> But, many new quesions:
> - Build-Dep on tex-common (>= 1.7)
> 	if I make a package tex-common 1.7~bpo.1 then I have to adjust
> 	all the build deps to get it right, this is stupid ...?

Would the backported tex-common be any different from the sid
tex-common?  If not, then do you need to backport it?

> - Do we backport *all* packages?
> 	If yes, what to do with the temp tetex packages? Kill them so
> 	that people can continue to use both TeX systems?

Pass.

   Julian