[DRE-maint] Bug#773197: origami package replaced by a completely different package

[Antonio Terceiro]

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 12:25:05PM -0200, Antonio Terceiro wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 03:02:10PM +0100, Robert Bihlmeyer wrote:
> > Package: origami
> > Version: 1.2.7-1
> > Severity: serious
> > 
> > https://packages.debian.org/jessie/origami
> > and
> > https://packages.debian.org/sid/origami
> > 
> > are totally different. I assume this is a slip-up by the uploader of the sid version,
> > which should get a new name.
> 
> I acknowldge my mistake here. I don't know how I missed the fact that
> there was already an existing origami package, and I am very sorry for
> this.
> 
> I will fix this imediately be re-uploading the original package with a
> larger version number.
> 
> Christer, how to you prefer me to handle the versioning of the package?
> I can use either a) 1:0.7.4-2 or b) 1.2.7+really0.7.4-1
> 
> a) is a little worse IMO since that epoch will have to stay there
> forever. the ugly bits in b) can go away as soon as the new upstream
> version is > 1.2.7

I decided to go ahead and use b); besides being slightly better IMO is
the maintainer decides this can be reverted to a) while the contrary
would not be possible.

Again, sorry for the mess.

-- 
Antonio Terceiro <terceiro at debian.org>
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