On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 10:47:35AM +0100, Reinhard Tartler wrote: > On 1/17/06, Bill Allombert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1) No changes rebuild-only upload should still be versionned so that we > > do not end up with two .deb with the same version but different > > contents. Rebuilding a package with a newer toolchain can cause > > different dependencies and bugs. > > In ubuntu, no changes rebuild-only get the suffix 'buildX' or > 'ubuntuX+1', depending if it has already diverged. Packages with > 'buildX' suffix get synced automatically on the next upload to debian.
Are you sure ? Compare the menu package at <http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/admin/menu> with the one in sid. They have the same versions (2.1.27) but not the same content (at least the dependencies are different.) No buildX or ubuntuX suffix. > > 2) I find a bit odd to be called the maintainer of a package I did not > > test and that I cannot change anyway. > > Ubuntu has a different understanding of the maintainer field of a package. Wonderful. > > 3) The name of the Ubuntu developers which have tested the package > > before uploading it is not mentionned in the case of a no-changes > > upload. I am refraining from assuming there were none. > > It is in debian/changelog. Grab the package at the URL above abnd check the changelog: no mention of any Ubuntu developers. Cheers, Bill. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
