Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > We already get enough oops-LAST-version-was-HIGH-priority-not-this-one > > uploads with it in the changelog. Putting it in the control file will > > just make them more common. > > Actually it should make it less common because you have to explicitly go > and increment that field. If you don't then the priority is automatically > low.
Ok, you're right. > What is that field in the change log used for anyhow? Maybe just tank it > :P It is visible to the ftp admins, that is all. > I don't see how a number is not readable.. We already have version > numbers that define order. > > I don't see your objection to a number.. It is about as opaque to a user > as it is to a tool -> higher = important bug fixes. higher = important bug fixes at some unspecified point in the past. If a user sees one package with Urgency-Serial = 1109 and another with Urgency-Serial = 10, which will they think is more ugent? It won't matter that the first is sendmail and had a bunch of security holes 5 to 10 years ago, while the second is a new urgent upload. -- see shy jo
