[Debian-in-workers] Bug#1134395: needs reupload to overwrite accidential overwrite by libreoffice-dictionaries

Adrian Bunk bunk at debian.org
Mon Jun 15 12:47:20 BST 2026


On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 05:16:50PM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote:
>...
> I see two solutions to this:
> 
> a) version the respective packages 1:26.2.2-2+really0.90.0-6 etc with
> dh_gencontrol magic
> b) version them 2:0.9.0-6 etc. (frowned upon)

Using an epoch is not frowned upon in this case.

The first epoch was already added by the accidential upload,
and an epoch is better than carrying a really+ version forever.

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#epochs-should-be-used-sparingly

   ... the purpose of epochs is ... to allow us to leave behind serious mistakes ...



> Regards,
> 
> Rene

cu
Adrian



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