> This is an interesting idea, which could be investigated further. Ok, then we could elaborate that idea...
> This probably ought to apply to _any_ NMU, not just an arch-specific > one. Yes, that was my intention (if I understand you right). If an NMU doesn't upload the complete source, it should at least upload a .nmu patch file. > It doesn't work well for new upstream versions. Here you're right. I see two possibilities for this (hopefully rare) case: Include the upstream patch in the .nmu file, or have two .orig.tar.gz files side by side. > I disagree: other archs _should_ recompile, but there's no harm in a > small amount of version skew at release time. Should they even recompile if that wouldn't change anything in their binary package(s)? (Except the changelog.Debian.gz and some file dates :-) This seems again like a waste of resources. Not forcing other archs to go with the new version is one of main reasons for bin-only NMUs... Roman