Hello, On Tue 15 Mar 2022 at 04:29pm GMT, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Please: > > Part I - belss continued use of 1.0 native format, for now at least: > > 1. Declare explicitly that there is nothing wrong with a package with > a native format, but a non-native version number. > > 2. Request that the dpkg maintainer relax the restriction which > prevents the use of 3.0 native with Debian revision. > > 3. Consequently, declare that the recent MBF on this topic ought not > to have been filed against packages where simply changing the > source format does not currently work. That would include at > least 1.0 native packages with Debian revisions. > > Part II - bless continued use of 1.0-with-diff, for now at least: > > 4. Declare that sometimes the use of 1.0-with-diff can be the best > tradeoff between different considerations. In particular, > because 1.0 is the only format which botH: > (a) Optimises bandwidth and storage by reusing the upstream > data when it hasn't changed. > (b) Avoids polluting the working tree (package source code) > with [patches], which cause trouble especially with > git-based workflows. > > 5. Consequently, declare that the recent MBF on this topic ought not > to have been filed against 1.0 with diff packages, at least > without some further filter. I think that you are asking us to use 6.1.1/6.1.2 for most of this, but for I.3 are you asking for us to use 6.1.4 or 6.1.5? "Request" seems more like 6.1.5 but I would like to check. -- Sean Whitton