On 19 July 2012 22:43, Roberto C. Sánchez <[email protected]> wrote: > On the flip side, Debian has just entered the freeze period for the next > stable release. So, any new releases introduced into Debian must > reeceive a freeze exception in order to be allowed to propogate. Since > it is the practice of the release managers to not allow gratiutous > changes, I have to choose one of these options: > > 1) (assuming all packages are released each time) I upload only the > packages which actually changed (potentially confuses users since the > Debian packages get out of sync with respect to version numbers > i.e., they are not all in lock step) > > 2) (assuming all packages are released each time) I patch in the > specific changes and upload them as a new Debian revision, which > risks confusing users even more > > 3) (assuming only changed packages are released each time) I keep the > Debian packages in sync and there is no confusion since upstream and > Debian match up > > Personally, I like the last option, since that would be the "least > surprise" to me (and I would think to users). Of course, there are > people out there using just upstream packages or just Debian packages, > and they are not likely to be affected inconsistencies between available > versions of Debian packages and upstream packages. >
I don't follow Debian development at all, so I may be entirely misunderstanding what you wrote, but it sounds like you're wanting to change the release version numbering of the shorewall components to subvert the Debian freeze for shorewall, which seems counter to the intentions of a Freeze? Or is it that, the Freeze would require you to backport fixes to the frozen version? The Fedora shorewall packages bundle all tarballs into a single package (and then split them out into sub-packages) - in Debian, are you saying you have a package per tarball? If that's the case, I can see that you wouldn't want to build a new package for a tarball that is unchanged in all but version number. But then, there's nothing requiring you to do so. J ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-devel
