On 18 December 2012 13:28, Matěj Cepl <mc...@redhat.com> wrote: > On 18/12/12 01:10, Greg Hellings wrote: >> were mentioned (but Linux packagers will absolute forbid that); once > > That's just plainly not true if that should read "all Linux packagers" > ... see for example > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:NamingGuidelines#Snapshot_packages > (I don't know Debian policy enough anymore, so I cannot point you to the > URL). The world is just not so neat anymore, so large distribution > couldn't survive insisting on having only releases with nice tags. >
Debian policy does support for snapshot packaging, where & when appropriate http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s3.2.1 But stable & longer-term supported release are more appropriate for Debian as a rule of thumb. > Yes, many packagers (me included) hugely prefer having released > tarballs, but it does not mean there is no way at all. > But I package stable releases + selective patches. Which goes both ways. I had to disable binding for wheezy release, due to FTBFS with new gcc & no patches available to resolve the issue. Now wheezy is frozen, and new features are not accepted. Oh well, bindings didn't make it into previous release & will not make it into the current one either. > Also, yes, it is hugely preferable to have as few as possible patches in > the distribution packages, but it is not like the end of the world if > there are some. Especially patch which resolves FTBFS on the particular > platform is quite common. > From time to time, I do have to apply debian-specific integration patches, which is fine. On the other hand, multiple releases of sword have not been accepting debian patches to check for status/error codes from api calls.... > All that saying, yes, where is the list of blockers of the new release? > I would like to see such a list as well. Regards, Dmitrijs. _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
