On Thu, 3 Apr 2025 at 02:56, Robie Basak <robie.ba...@ubuntu.com> wrote:
> > Could we agree that all Ubuntu-only packages SHOULD always contain > `ubuntu` in their version string (this would usually be -0ubuntuX or > 0ubuntuX[1] if native) then, so that we don't have to think about it? > I think this definitely makes sense. > Are there any reasons for an exception to this rule, where an autosync > would actually be desirable if Debian were to introduce such a package? > I think there have been one or two times where we introduced a package in Ubuntu with the expectation that it gets added to debian later (I think we did this with golang-defaults maybe? and I can imagine it happening for versioned toolchain packages like openjdk-NN, especially during a debian freeze) but it's not like a manual sync is a lot of work in those cases. > If it's not for a common reason, then perhaps an additional policy might > be that there SHOULD be something in debian/README.source that explains > any deviation from this. > This makes sense too I think. Cheers, mwh
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