Hi Thomas, On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:03:51 +0100, Thomas Dreibholz <thomas.dreibh...@googlemail.com> wrote: > I just uploaded a buster-backports package with the fix for review on > the mentors server: https://mentors.debian.net/package/netperfmeter/ .
Thanks for preparing this, however there are a few issues.
Backports are supposed to be no-change uploads of the original package, other
than the backports changelog entry and in some cases a maintainer change in
the control file (so that bug reports go to the backporter). I see a number
of changes here which aren’t appropriate for a backport, in particular
changes to the upstream source; a backport should use the exact same .orig
archive as the upload being backported.
Here is the recipe for a buster backport, starting from scratch:
apt source netperfmeter/stable
cd netperfmeter-1.8.6~rc2
(You might want to use a branch in your repo instead, in which case you
should start from the commit which served as the 1.8.6~rc2-1 upload.)
dch --bpo
The latter will open an editor with the changelog set for a bullseye
backport; you’ll have to change the top line so that it reads
netperfmeter (1.8.6~rc2-1~bpo10+1) buster-backports; urgency=medium
Note that it’s the package version which changes, not the upstream version,
and the backport version is bpo10+1 (first backport to Debian 10).
Those are all the changes that should be necessary in this instance.
Regards,
Stephen
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