On Wed, Mar 31 2010, Bernd Zeimetz wrote: > Manoj Srivastava wrote: >>> Now when we upgrade our policies and/or infrastructures, like what was >>> recently proposed for sha1sums instead, this requires manual updating of >>> all our packages for no good reason. >> >> That would be the naive way to implement things. And yes, that >> would be sillly. >> >> I just update code in one place, test it, and then run a script >> that does a git pull for all my packages. The next time I build the >> package, it will pull in the change. > > Exactly there is the problem. If you'd use dh_md5sums, a binNMU would > be all that is needed to update your packages (yes, I know that is not > yet possible for arch:all, but I guess the time will come...). In your > case we have to wait until you've decided to upload all of your > packages...
In either case the final packges depend on someone changing the code that generates the md5sum. /I/ do not have to wait around for debheper to be changed, I can get my packages in when I upload the new policy package, which has often happened in the past. Do we have a concrete case of my packages seriously lagging policy or debhelper? manoj -- The new Linux anthem will be "He's an idiot, but he's ok", as performed byMonthy Python. You'd better start practicing. -- Linus Torvalds, announcing another kernel patch Manoj Srivastava <sriva...@debian.org> <http://www.debian.org/~srivasta/> 4096R/C5779A1C E37E 5EC5 2A01 DA25 AD20 05B6 CF48 9438 C577 9A1C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-vote-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87k4ssxnlw....@anzu.internal.golden-gryphon.com