[Pkg-mailman-hackers] Re: mailman_2.1.8-1_sparc.changes REJECTED

[Joost van Baal]

Op wo 10 mei 2006 om 01:44:04 +0200 schreef Lionel Elie Mamane:
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 12:33:11PM +0200, Joost van Baal wrote:
> > Op wo 10 mei 2006 om 07:44:24 +0200 schreef Lionel Elie Mamane:
> >> On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 05:43:51PM +0200, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote:
> >>> On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 08:17:09AM -0700, Debian Installer wrote:
> 
> >>>> Rejected: mailman_2.1.8-1_sparc.deb: old version (0:2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1) in unstable >= new version (2.1.8-1) targeted at unstable.
> >>>> Rejected: mailman_2.1.8-1_sparc.deb: old version (0:2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1) in testing >= new version (2.1.8-1) targeted at unstable.
> >>>> Rejected: mailman_2.1.8-1.dsc: old version (0:2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1) in unstable >= new version (2.1.8-1) targeted at unstable.
> >>>> Rejected: mailman_2.1.8-1.dsc: old version (0:2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1) in testing >= new version (2.1.8-1) targeted at unstable.
> 
> >>> That's all completely wrong:
> 
> >>> dmaster at bagnat:~$ dpkg --compare-versions 0:2.1.7-2.1.8rc1-1 lt 2.1.8-1 && echo yes || echo no
> >>> yes
> 
> >>> According to policy, an explicit zero epoch is exactly the same as no
> >>> epoch.
> 
> >> I downloaded katie and traced the bug back to libapt-pkg (via
> >> python-apt), and submitted a patch, which got applied. Version 0.6.44
> >> solves this error.
> 
> > http://ftp-master.debian.org/reject.html says:
> 
> > ----
> 
> > Rejected: foobar_0.8.1-5_i386.deb: Old version `0.8.1-6' >= new version
> > `0.8.1-5'.
> 
> > Problem
> >     Every new upload to the archive must have a greater version number
> >  than existing versions in the target suite (stable, unstable).
> > Solution
> >     Increase the version number (with an epoch if necessary).
> 
> > ----
> 
> > So perhaps there's no easy way to prevent the mailman package to go
> > carry 1:2.1.8-1: I suggest to upload your 2.1.8 package as
> > 1:2.1.8-1.
> 
> The point is that I _did_ increase the version number, but katie
> _wrongfully_ thinks I did not.

> Anyway, I uploaded 2.1.8-1 as 0:2.1.8-1 on 2 May.

Which got accepted.  OK (I wrongly believed we _still_ had an immediate
problem at hand).

So: once ftp-master uses libapt-pkg >= 0.6.44 (probably after etch has
been released) all related problems will be solved.

Thanks, Bye,

Joost


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