Debian policy about experimental ?

2003-09-21 Thread jjluza
Hi all, I read this : http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/ debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html So we should put development packages (like cvs snapshot) in experimental, not in unstable. But there is a problem, and I don't find any solution to solve it. For example, let's

Re: Debian policy about experimental ?

2003-09-21 Thread Simon Law
On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 08:09:57PM +0200, jjluza wrote: The announcement tells we should get out -snapshot from the name of the package, before puting it in experimental. So there is no difference in the package name anymore. So now, since cvs package version is 0.0.date, apt always ask for

Re: Debian policy about experimental ?

2003-09-21 Thread jjluza
Le Dimanche 21 Septembre 2003 20:14, Simon Law a écrit : On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 08:09:57PM +0200, jjluza wrote: The announcement tells we should get out -snapshot from the name of the package, before puting it in experimental. So there is no difference in the package name anymore. So

Re: Debian policy about experimental ?

2003-09-21 Thread Santiago Vila
On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, jjluza wrote: I read this : http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/ debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html So we should put development packages (like cvs snapshot) in experimental, not in unstable. But there is a problem, and I don't find any solution

Re: Debian policy about experimental ?

2003-09-21 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 10:01:40PM +0200, jjluza [EMAIL PROTECTED] was heard to say: Le Dimanche 21 Septembre 2003 20:14, Simon Law a écrit : On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 08:09:57PM +0200, jjluza wrote: The announcement tells we should get out -snapshot from the name of the package, before

Re: Debian policy about experimental ?

2003-09-21 Thread jjluza
Le Dimanche 21 Septembre 2003 22:12, Santiago Vila a écrit : On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, jjluza wrote: I read this : http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/ debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html So we should put development packages (like cvs snapshot) in experimental, not

Re: Debian policy about experimental ?

2003-09-21 Thread Remi Vanicat
Santiago Vila [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If the snaphots are betas for version 1.5, the solution is to give it a version number like 2:1.4.20030921-1, so that whenever 1.5 is officially released you can upload it to unstable as 2:1.5-1. [ If the snapshots are betas for 1.4.1, use

Re: Debian policy about experimental ?

2003-09-21 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sunday 21 September 2003 23:10, Remi Vanicat wrote: Why use epoch ? 1.4.0.20030921-1 should work (or am i missing something here ?) epoch should only be used when needed... and it is... since current mozilla package version is 2:1.4-4 Mike -- I have sampled every language, french is my