Michael Tokarev: > 05.04.2017 20:42, Niels Thykier wrote: >> Control: tags -1 moreinfo >> >> On Wed, 05 Apr 2017 09:35:19 +0300 Michael Tokarev <m...@tls.msk.ru> wrote: >>> Package: release.debian.org >>> Severity: normal >>> User: release.debian....@packages.debian.org >>> Usertags: unblock >>> >>> Please unblock package qemu >>> >>> Upstream released a new stable/bugfix version which >>> includes many changes we already had in debian >>> package, but picked up more accurately (especially >>> the 9pfs changes), and includes other bugfixes which >>> were found since 2.8.0 release. After careful review >>> of the changes upstream released I tend to think it >>> is better to have whole set than to cherry-pick from >>> a cherry-pick. >>> >>> I'd rather follow upstream here than to roll our own >>> selection which no one knows how to deal with :) >>> >>> [...] >>> >> >> Just to be sure, are you recommending 1:2.8+dfsg-4 or that we go with >> upstream's 2.8.1 release? > > Historically, for some reason I don't remember what, we > kept the "major" upstream version and source in qemu and > used just a patch (v2.8.1.patch in this case) pulled from > upstream (tarball or git difference, which is the same in > this case). > > [...] > > Thanks! > > /mjt >
Hi, I don't remember that reason either and no one was able to remind me. :) Could I convince you to do a debdiff of the upstream release as an actual new upstream release (and not just stuff into a big patch wrapped up with fake version number)? :) Thanks, ~Niels
