Steve Langasek wrote:
>
> Native packages do get binNMUed; anna was recently binNMUed on several archs
> in response to the ldbl symbol skew, so there are now 1.27+b1 packages in
> the archive for alpha, powerpc, s390, and sparc. So no dash being added to
> the version number, as none is needed,
On Tuesday 14 August 2007 4:44:52 pm Joey Hess wrote:
> Many native packages are not Debian-specifc software, but instead
> debian-originated software (examples: dpkg, apt). Other unrelated distros
> might choose to use native Debian software. Just because it's
> debian-originated software, doesn't
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 08:20:25PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> Steve Langasek wrote:
> > I'm in total agreement with this. I was staying out of this thread because
> > I've been one of the proponents of using -0.x for NMUs of native packages in
> > spite of the inconsistency with Policy, and I wasn'
Steve Langasek wrote:
> I'm in total agreement with this. I was staying out of this thread because
> I've been one of the proponents of using -0.x for NMUs of native packages in
> spite of the inconsistency with Policy, and I wasn't sure that this
> reasoning wasn't just a post-hoc rationalization
James Westby wrote:
> However you say
>
> The .orig.tar.gz from the maintainer's last release is kept in the archive
>
> but for a native package there is no .orig.tar.gz, there is a .tar.gz.
You're right. I wonder if there's a good way to deal with this
discreprency and rename the .tar.gz to
Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 05:44:52PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
>> We could do away with the concept of NMUs of native software, and do
>> away with this uncertanty, ambiguity, bugginess, etc. Simply say that
>> when a NMU of a native package is done, the pa
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007, James Westby wrote:
> Also, I guess you are opening up the possibility of creating a
> source package containing both a .tar.gz and .diff.gz, which will
> also confuse some tools I expect.
Those tools really should be looking at the dsc or calling dpkg-source
-x instead (which
On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 05:44:52PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote:
> NMUs of native packages have always seemed sorta strange to me, and I think
> I've figured out why as I was painting a room. Painting is a great way to
> think, since you already are in a frame of mind that avoids painting yourself
> into
On (14/08/07 17:44), Joey Hess wrote:
> Many native packages are not Debian-specifc software, but instead
> debian-originated software (examples: dpkg, apt). Other unrelated distros
> might choose to use native Debian software. Just because it's
> debian-originated software, doesn't mean that the p
NMUs of native packages have always seemed sorta strange to me, and I think
I've figured out why as I was painting a room. Painting is a great way to
think, since you already are in a frame of mind that avoids painting yourself
into corners. ;-)
Many native packages are not Debian-specifc software
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