Re: SA 3.2.3 available (for test purpose)

[Martin Zobel-Helas <zobel@ftbfs.de>]

Hi, 

On Tue Nov 06, 2007 at 15:14:24 +0100, Bjørn Mork wrote:
> Bjørn Mork <bmork@dod.no> writes:
> 
> > bjorn@canardo:~$ apt-cache policy spamassassin
> > spamassassin:
> >   Installed: 3.2.3-0.volatile1
> >   Candidate: 3.2.3-0.volatile1
> >   Package pin: (not found)
> >   Version table:
> >  *** 3.2.3-0.volatile1 750
> >         100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
> >      3.2.1-1 750
> >         650 http://ftp.no.debian.org lenny/main Packages
> >      3.1.7-2 750
> >         700 http://ftp.no.debian.org etch/main Packages
> >
> >
> > Just in case anyone cares about that upgrade path...
> 
> oops, I just read the volatile policy on http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-volatile/ 
> and noticed that this probably violates it:
> 
>   "The upgrade path from volatile to the next stable release needs to be
>    at least as easy as for the stable release; version numbers in
>    volatile must not be higher than those in testing, for instance."
> 
> 
> I guess the best would be if there were a SA 3.2.3 release in testing
> with a higher version number before introducing it in volatile.

due to ftp-master being down this has not happened yet. And also two
volatile team members are also release managers, so we are aware of
this. This was one of the reasons why i opened that thread here to fil
the gap between those two things happening.

Greetings
Martin
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