On 2019-05-09 19:36:46, Varac wrote:
> Quoting Antoine Beaupré (2019-04-21 23:05:35)
>> I'm not sure I can get away with this one during the freeze,
>> unfortunately. :/
>>
>> But as soon as buster-backports opens, this will be a distinct
>> possibility. Remind me then if I forget...
>
> Can't it be uploaded already to unstable and later migrated to
> buster-backports
> ? That would allow an installation from unstable until buster-backports is
> there.
>
> I don't want to push on this but possibly unblock it from the buster release
> process, if possible.
I don't usually upload to unstable during the freeze, as it can block
possible fixes for problems that could be discovered.
If I say, upload 1.18.12-1 now to unstable and a release critical bug
appears in 1.18.11-1 in buster, there's no easy way to fix it in buster
because that needs an update to unstable. I would need to *revert* the
1.18.12-1 upload and that would mean messing around with version numbers
in a bad way.
The proper way to upload a new version now is to send it to
experimental.
But anyways buster-backports won't be open until after the buster
release, so it won't help you getting it there.
BTW, the Ubuntu folks sent a patch that fixes this problem in #928177 as
well, you might want to check it out. And I do need help with the
maintenance on this package, as you might have noticed from the bug
report count... any little bit helps! :)
A.
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