"Sandro Tosi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 15:11, Ben Finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [T]here's no good reason I can see to re-use a release number > > after it's uploaded. > > Because it never reach the archive, so it's better to keep the same > version for a REJECTED package
Why is it better? What benefit does it bring to retain the same version string, including release number, for two different packages that have both been uploaded by the maintainer? > jumping revision is useless. It's useful because it clearly distinguishes two different package uploads by the maintainer. By definition, they are at least different enough that one was REJECTED and the later one hopes not to meet the same fate. That keeps discussions about which one is which easy, and it even makes it trivial to distinguish in the package changelog, by separating the two releases and describing what was done for the later one to make it different. That's a tangible benefit, not "useless". What is the benefit in not doing that? -- \ “My girlfriend has a queen sized bed; I have a court jester | `\ sized bed. It's red and green and has bells on it, and the ends | _o__) curl up.” —Steven Wright | Ben Finney -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
