On Sun, 2013-04-28 at 20:38 +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > * Niels Thykier <[email protected]> [130427 09:18]: > > On 2013-04-27 09:12, Vincent Bernat wrote: > > > Not in the release team either but I disagree that switching to 3.0 > > > (quilt) is an unacceptable change. [...] > > While you are welcome to disagree, this type of change has been > > considered unacceptable since the start of the freeze[1]. > > > > [1] http://release.debian.org/wheezy/freeze_policy.html > > > > Admittedly, it was not explicitly listed under "Rule 1" at first, but it > > was still considered unacceptable. > > I suggest you document that a bit somewhere (for example in the url > given above).
>From the page in question: <quote> Rule #1. In all cases, when preparing an upload, please do not make changes to the package that are not related to fixing the bugs in question. As a non-exhaustive list, this implies not: Changing source format Changing patch systems </quote> That text has been there since November. > A change from 1.0 with no upstream modifications to 1.0 with modifications > is about as big as the change to to 3.0 (quilt). > So I'm quite suprised as well that someone could read those rules in a > way to forbid using 3.0 to add the first patch to a package. Changing to 3.0 (quilt) is "changing source format", so I'm not sure how they can be read as /not/ forbidding doing so in a package which was previously 1.0. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
