On 21/05/13 19:54, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > [Petter Reinholdtsen] >> When a fixed package is provided in unstable, I believe we should >> backport it to make sure roaming workstations no longer have the >> problem at hand. And for Jessie, I believe we should move the package >> back to the common task, assuming the bug is fixed by then. > > Now a fixed package is in unstable in libnss-myhostname version 0.3-5, > closing #705900. He hope to provide a fix in Wheezy too. Next step for > us is then propably to backport the sid version to our wheezy repo while > we wait for the official fix. Which version number should we use? Or > should we just wait for the wheezy point release, and see if the fix > make it there? >
What about using a suffix similar to the ~deb70u1 scheme of proposed-updates; for example ~edu70u1 (Debian Edu, v7.0, update 1). Due to the special handling of the ~ tilde character in version numbers, the 'real' 0.3-5 package would supersede it if/when accepted into Wheezy. Regards, -- Steven Chamberlain [email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
