2008/11/10 Sandro Tosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Guido, > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:46, Guido Loupias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > 2008/11/10 Sandro Tosi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The changes I introduced in 0.5.5-1 and 0.5.5-2 have been applied > upstream. > > So in essence there are no changes (except for that 1 patch) to the > debian > > revision with respect to the upstream version. Hence the short list of > > changes. > > Ahhh now it's clear :D > > > The revised -1 revision wouldn't upload after I editted the changelog. It > > said there > > was nothing to upload because there were no changes. > > what tools give you error? dput/dupload or mentors.d.n? if dput, > remove *.upload, if mentors remove the previous upload first. > > > Am I understanding correctly then that in order for a revision to be > updated > > the previous revision has to be in the debian archive first? I recall two > > other > > mentors telling me that it is good practice to increment the debian > revision > > even if the archive only made it to mentors and never to the debian > > archives. > > Personally, I'm strong against their suggestion: having a new revision > for every single upload to mentors for even small fix requested by the > sponsor is really annoying and can generate confusion to the end users > reading the changelog: what if the ask "what changes from the latest > version I have installed on the system" and found 6 revisions each for > "added watch file"+"removed commented line from debian/rules"+"added a > ',' char to short description" or so is really really ugly. > > this is my opinion, their and mine being technical correct.
Alright. I will try to upload a -1 revision when I'm home. > > I am a little confused now. > > Yeah, sorry about that :) each sponsor has its own set of rules, > characteristics or so he/she wants to see in a package he's gonna > sponsor, that's the reason for the differences in replies and > suggestion (still being correct both ways). Thanks for the explanation. I get it now. :) Kind regards, Guido Loupias
