On Wed, Feb 20, 2008 at 11:21:10AM -0500, Barry deFreese wrote: > Frank Lichtenheld wrote: > >On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 11:21:19PM -0500, Barry deFreese wrote: > >>I have prepared a QA upload for the orphaned package muine which > >>includes an new upstream that fixes RC bug #440817, and fixes a few > >>other bugs. > >>(#415419, #427263, #449835, and probably several of the bugs posted > >>against the 0.6.x versions). If someone could please review and/or > >>upload I would appreciate it. > > > >from changelog: > > > >>* Remove -X revisions on build-depends. > >> > > > >Huh? I can see that removing -1 is most often a good idea, but -3? > > > > > It was my understanding that build-depending on any Debian revision was > a bad idea? Why would -3 be any better than -1? There shouldn't be any > API/ABI changes between Debian revisions should there? Obviously, I > guess it makes sense if there was some specific bug fix but it still > seems like a bad idea, but what do I know? :)
It is true, that it is always better not to depend on a specific Debian revision, since that makes it easier for backporters, that e.g. upload a -1~bpo (which sorts earlier than -1). This is not always correct though. The reasoning for the suggestion to remove -1, is that there should really be no uploads before the -1. But if someone depended explicetly on a later Debian revision (-3 in this case) I would assume that he had a good reason to do so (example bugs would be broken shlibs files, reverting some upstream API/ABI breakage). The chance that the -1 was really meaningful is usually slim (could happen in case someone uploaded a -0.1 NMU), the chance that -3 was really meaningful is significantly higher. So either you should prove that removing the -3 is harmless or you should just leave it there. I would be willing to bet on the fact that removing the -1 is harmless. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www: http://www.djpig.de/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
