Sebastian Ramacher writes ("Re: Bug#1106402: dpkg-source, native source package
format with non-native version"):
> NACK, it's way too late into the freeze. Toolchain freeze (which dpkg
> belongs to) started on 2025-03-15.
Of course the final decision is with the Release Team, but looking at
the freeze policy I see that "small, targeted fixes" are acceptable
and also that changes to toolchain packages require pre-approval.
So one thing I am asking for is precisely that pre-approval.
I'm hoping that TC will agree, and join me in asking for that
pre-approval. Obviously there will be no upload to sid, during the
freeze, without it.
I think the required patch is the first hunk[2] from Adam Conrad's
message in 2014 [1]:
- return (0, _g('native package version may not have a revision'))
+ warning (_g('native package version may not have a revision'))
so it seems to me that it is clearly a "small, targeted fix".
So, again, I am not asking for any kind of bypass to the freeze
policy. I think this falls clearly within the policy.
I think it would be preferable if the Release Team avoided making a
definitive decision on this until after the TC has delibrated, but of
course you must do what you think best.
Ian.
[1] Before actually preparing any upload we would want to check what
the Ubuntu version of the patch is. We might well prefer that.
[2] I think the 2nd hunk is out of scope because it's trying to
support native version with "3.0 (quilt)" which is not the subjet of
this request and which I think probably can't function.
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