On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:52:34 -0500 Michael Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 18:23:39 +0100 Jean-Christophe Dubacq wrote: > > > On 16/02/2010 17:04, Antonin Kral wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am looking for some advise / opinions. I am working with guys from > > > MongoDB project to get stable package in Debian. We have currently > > > version 1.3.1 in unstable, this is considered as development branch > > > which is not very stable. > > > > > > Is there any way how to reasonably push older version (1.2.x which is > > > considered stable), which has not been in Debian before to enable its > > > inclusion in upcoming Debian freeze/stable release? > > > > 1) Can the two programs be installed together? > > > > If yes, simply build a MongoDB1.2 and a MongoDB1.3. > > > > If not, then you should use epochs: upload MongoDB 1:1.2 to unstable, > > and MongoDB 1:1.3 to experimental. > > all of these seem like rather complicated solutions. wouldn't it be a > bit simpler to ask for removal from both testing and unstable, then once > that happens, upload the old (known stable) version of the package?
oh, you would probably need a conflicts with the newer version and a README.Debian to explain what to do for users with the new version already installed. mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100216125516.a68441f8.michael.s.gilb...@gmail.com
