On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 01:14:11PM +0200, ext Marius Vollmer wrote: > Compiling a source package separately for each distribution will thus > be problematic since we end up with same-named packages that can > differ widely. > > But since it is not easy right now for the "average user" to follow > distribution changes, and our distro landscape is a bit messed up > anyway, people will want to provide their software for many > distributions, not just for 'unstable'. > > I think it would be best for package maintainers to branch explicitly > for this. E.g., if a maintainer normally releases his/her packages > for scirocco, but wants to put a new version into mistral, he/she > should branch the last version of the package that is in mistral. The > version number in scirocco should be higher than the one in mistral.
ACK. Trying to keep separate namespaces in the same repository will end in tears, particularly if/when you try to migrate to dak, which will say various unpleasant things about your mother if you try. It's also better from a user-confusion landscape, since you will never have a situation where canola_0.23_armel.deb != canola_0.23_armel.deb. Cheers, Daniel
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