Fwd: [Utnubu-discuss] First package - Version handling?

[Reinhard Tartler]

On 9/6/05, Joachim Breitner <nomeata at debian.org> wrote:
> > On 9/6/05, Joachim Breitner <nomeata at debian.org> wrote:
> > > Will we (well, Ubuntu) run into problems when there are -1 packages in
> > > Debian which should not replace the -0ubuntu1 package in Ubuntu?
> >
> > No, not at all. Our archive auto-syncs prohibits package syncs from
> > debian, if and only if the ubuntu version has a substring "ubuntu".
> > When a package -1 enters debian, we (ubuntus) can choose whether we
> > want to (manually requst a) sync from debian, or leave it as is.
> 
> So if there suddenly is a -1 package in Debian wheres a -0ubuntu1
> package is already in Ubuntu, the -0ubunu1 package is not automatically
> overwritten, but manual activiation is needed?
Excactly. 

> So in this case you would
> notice that the package is in fact from Ubuntu and disable the sync?

The archive scripts will create or update a bug in the ubuntu bugzilla
in this case, that manual merging work is needed. We check open merges
during the first 3 months in each development cycle.

HTH.


-- 
regards,
    Reinhard