On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 08:29:13PM +0100, Andreas Fester wrote: > I would like to ask for permission to do a "fake NMU" upload > of crossvc to testing-proposed-updates. The reason is that I > once uploaded version 1.5.0-1 which uses debconf to display > an upgrade hint, but since this caused a lot of trouble I then > uploaded 1.5.0-2 which replaced the debconf message with an application > supplied upgrade mechanism. However, meanwhile etch was frozen so that > the new package never made it into testing (I do feel guilty for that ;) > I meanwhile learned that I should simply have asked for letting it in...)
> Anyway, there is already a new upstream version in unstable, so that > 1.5.0-2 effectively does not exist anymore in the archives. My sponsor > told me (see below) that the proper way would be to re-upload 1.5.0-2 > with an NMU version number, and that I need to ask for permission on > debian-release which I herewith would like to do :) I would suggest numbering it 1.5.0-1+etch1 instead of 1.5.0-1.1, for clarity. > diff -u crossvc-1.5.0/debian/compat crossvc-1.5.0/debian/compat > --- crossvc-1.5.0/debian/compat > +++ crossvc-1.5.0/debian/compat > @@ -1 +1 @@ > -4 > +5 Please don't change debhelper levels during a freeze. Otherwise, yes, this looks like an important change to have for the package in etch. Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
