Your message dated Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:34:11 +0000
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and subject line Bug#376590: fixed in developers-reference 3.4.23
has caused the Debian Bug report #376590,
regarding developers-reference: suggests to test downgrading
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Package: developers-reference
Version: 3.3.7
Severity: normal
|* Downgrade the package to the previous version (if one exists) ---
|this tests the `postrm' and `prerm' scripts.
Although downgrading *might* be actively supported by some packages,
this seems to imply that it must be supported, which encourages people
to think that they're allowed to downgrade stuff.
Also, it seems misleading in its suggestion about the
{post,pre}removal maintscripts, which are also exercised during any
upgrade (though different paths are not, and it takes pretty
deliberate effort to test eg. the abort-* and failed-* paths).
A better recipe for testing (copied from a message to my AM):
. put package into "old version installed" state, perhaps by purging
whatever's installed, and apt-get installing some version from the
archive (probably shouldn't be older than the most recent stable
release).
. dpkg -i foo.deb
. check that the upgrade happend as intended; this might include
things like: conffile updates, /usr/doc transition stuff,
symlink/dir conversion stuff, etc. Basically ensuring that the
maintscripts do what's intended. The package should of course be
usable :)
. dpkg -r foo
. again make sure the maintscripts do what's intended. Make sure
that eg. info documents and alternatives are unregistered.
. dpkg -P foo
. make sure that any generated files (eg. in /var/{lib,cache} and
/etc/) are removed. This also includes debconf cache and anything
similar eg. update-rc.d removal.
. dpkg -i foo.deb
. Check more maintscript actions; the package should be usuable
. dpkg -i foo.deb
. The package should still be usable :) This should probably just
check for idempotency at some level; eg. that installation doesn't
depend on some file that is only created in preinst.
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--- Begin Message ---
Source: developers-reference
Source-Version: 3.4.23
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
developers-reference, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 376...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Holger Levsen <hol...@debian.org> (supplier of updated developers-reference
package)
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Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 13:44:03 +0100
Source: developers-reference
Architecture: source
Version: 3.4.23
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: medium
Maintainer: Developers Reference Maintainers <debian-pol...@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Holger Levsen <hol...@debian.org>
Closes: 376590 430889 483232 494470 775740 817914 839885 855320 908155
Changes:
developers-reference (3.4.23) unstable; urgency=medium
.
[ Holger Wansing ]
* Globally change "new maintainer" into "new member". Closes: #817914.
.
[ Holger Levsen ]
* scope.dbk: extend: s#Debian developers#Debian developers and maintainers#
* tools.dbk:
- stop recommending remote signing of packages, especially using debrsign.
Closes: #855320. Thanks to Daniel Kahn Gillmor.
- slightly reword existing paragraph about dch and debchange.
Closes: #494470.
* best-pkging-practices.dbk: add another example of a multi binary source
package. Closes: #430889.
* l10n.dbk: drop paragraph about Debian specific manpages maintained in cvs.
* developer-duties.dbk: improve paragraph about coordinating with upstreams.
Closes: #908155. Thanks to Ian Jackson and Wouter Verhelst for the
wording.
* pkgs.dbk:
- clarify the recipients of 123-submitter@b.d.o. Closes: #775740.
Thanks to Josch Schauer for the wording.
- don't suggest to test downgrading packages. Closes: #376590.
Thanks to Justin Pryzby.
- add a paragraph to the section about reintroducing packages to check and
update the security tracker metadata. Closes: #839885.
Thanks to Paul Wise.
* beyond-pkging.dbk: mention mass-bugs for reporting bugs against many
packages. Closes: #483232. Thanks to Sandro Tosi for the suggestion.
* common.ent:
- drop url-cvsweb.
- switch five http urls to https, leaving one http url.
* d/control: mark all binary packages as multiarch: foreign.
* Update po4a/po/developers-reference.pot and po4a/po/*.po for the new and
changed strings.
* README.contributing:
- renamed from README-contrib.
- update instructions how to update .po files.
* d/TODO: remove some ancient entries and clarify that only the BTS should
be used in the long term.
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