On Mon, 12 Dec 2022, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > There is another benefit of a versionless package: backport continuity. When > the tomcat<n+1> package replaces tomcat<n> in testing/unstable, it's no longer > possible to update the tomcat<n> backport in stable (because the version must > exist in testing). With a unique tomcat package we can keep updating the > stable > backport even after upgrading to a more recent release in testing.
Downside: no tomcat<n> update for stable users any more, they will be forced to tomcat<n+1> prematurely. It might be possible to get a backport exception and/or keep <n> in testing until just before the release to ease this. bye, //mirabilos -- Infrastrukturexperte • tarent solutions GmbH Am Dickobskreuz 10, D-53121 Bonn • http://www.tarent.de/ Telephon +49 228 54881-393 • Fax: +49 228 54881-235 HRB AG Bonn 5168 • USt-ID (VAT): DE122264941 Geschäftsführer: Dr. Stefan Barth, Kai Ebenrett, Boris Esser, Alexander Steeg **************************************************** /⁀\ The UTF-8 Ribbon ╲ ╱ Campaign against Mit dem tarent-Newsletter nichts mehr verpassen: ╳ HTML eMail! Also, https://www.tarent.de/newsletter ╱ ╲ header encryption! ****************************************************
