On Sat, Sep 05, 2009 at 01:55:09PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > Maybe I would be happier about dealing with native packages if there was a > clear policy that packaging software as native implies that any DD is > allowed to release a new upstream version of the software. :-)
That would seem obvious to me, in fact. If a native package is NMU'ed, the only proper way to upload it is to upload a native package with a proper version suffix. Anything else could be said to fall afoul of the "must not introduce packaging changes" requirement of an NMU. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org