Re: renaming source package

2004-05-09 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 03:11:41PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: >> > would it be possible to upload the new package before the old one is >> > removed? >> Yes. > > BTW I've just discovered another problem in this renaming. Previous > upstream author used timestamp base

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-09 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 03:11:41PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: >> > would it be possible to upload the new package before the old one is >> > removed? >> Yes. > > BTW I've just discovered another problem in this renaming. Previous > upstream author used timestamp base

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Upstream maintainership of a package of mine changed from the old author > to a new one. New upstream maintainer decided to change the source name > of the package and thus the tarball name. > > How can I handle such a change? The simplest approach

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Rene Engelhard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Obviously 1.3.3 is less then 20040120, how can I cope with this issue? epoch. Grüße/Regards, René - -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~r

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 04:49:22PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 03:11:41PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > > would it be possible to upload the new package before the old one is > > > removed? > > Yes. > > BTW I've just discovered another problem in this renaming. Pr

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Stefano Zacchiroli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Upstream maintainership of a package of mine changed from the old author > to a new one. New upstream maintainer decided to change the source name > of the package and thus the tarball name. > > How can I handle such a change? The simplest approach

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Stefano Zacchiroli ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Obviously 1.3.3 is less then 20040120, how can I cope with this issue? Epoch. 1:1.3.3 > 20040120. Cheers T.

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 03:11:41PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > would it be possible to upload the new package before the old one is > > removed? > Yes. BTW I've just discovered another problem in this renaming. Previous upstream author used timestamp based versioning with last version 2004012

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Rene Engelhard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > Obviously 1.3.3 is less then 20040120, how can I cope with this issue? epoch. Grüße/Regards, René - -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~r

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Geert Stappers
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 04:49:22PM +0200, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 03:11:41PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > > would it be possible to upload the new package before the old one is > > > removed? > > Yes. > > BTW I've just discovered another problem in this renaming. Pr

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Thomas Viehmann
Hi. Stefano Zacchiroli ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Obviously 1.3.3 is less then 20040120, how can I cope with this issue? Epoch. 1:1.3.3 > 20040120. Cheers T. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Rene Engelhard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The other approach is to ask for removal of the old source package and > upload a new one which generates the same binary packages. This seems to > be the best approach but I'm a bit scared about the transition phase ..

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 03:11:41PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote: > > would it be possible to upload the new package before the old one is > > removed? > Yes. BTW I've just discovered another problem in this renaming. Previous upstream author used timestamp based versioning with last version 2004012

renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Upstream maintainership of a package of mine changed from the old author to a new one. New upstream maintainer decided to change the source name of the package and thus the tarball name. How can I handle such a change? The simplest approach seems to be to keep the currend debian source package nam

Re: renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Rene Engelhard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Stefano Zacchiroli wrote: > The other approach is to ask for removal of the old source package and > upload a new one which generates the same binary packages. This seems to > be the best approach but I'm a bit scared about the transition phase ..

renaming source package

2004-05-04 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
Upstream maintainership of a package of mine changed from the old author to a new one. New upstream maintainer decided to change the source name of the package and thus the tarball name. How can I handle such a change? The simplest approach seems to be to keep the currend debian source package nam

Re: renaming source package -- problems?

2000-07-16 Thread Joey Hess
David Coe wrote: > since it will still produce a 'wenglish' binary package, i assume > upgrades won't be a problem, but what about the old sources? how do i > get rid of them when i upload the new source package with its new > name? File a bug on ftp.debian.org. I don't think they'll be deleted a

renaming source package -- problems?

2000-07-16 Thread David Coe
hi all, i hope you can give me advice (or a how-to)--- I want to rename one of my packages (wenglish) because it will soon provide more than one binary package (wenglish and wbritish) and will also provide 'new style' versions of those word lists (words-english-american, words-english-british)...

Re: renaming source package -- problems?

2000-07-15 Thread Joey Hess
David Coe wrote: > since it will still produce a 'wenglish' binary package, i assume > upgrades won't be a problem, but what about the old sources? how do i > get rid of them when i upload the new source package with its new > name? File a bug on ftp.debian.org. I don't think they'll be deleted

renaming source package -- problems?

2000-07-15 Thread David Coe
hi all, i hope you can give me advice (or a how-to)--- I want to rename one of my packages (wenglish) because it will soon provide more than one binary package (wenglish and wbritish) and will also provide 'new style' versions of those word lists (words-english-american, words-english-british)..