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On Tue, 04 Aug 2009, Jay Berkenbilt wrote:
> I hope you don't mind me contacting you directly; I can post to
> debian-devel instead if you'd prefer.
Or you could have used the relevant bug reports. :)
> this. Do you think it's worth making a new fake upstream version (like
> xerces-c2-2.8.0+deb1, etc.) to be able to change the packaging? Also,
I don't know. It depends on when you expect the next upstream version...
> when is it appropriate to start uploading the new source package format
> to unstable?
It will be announced on d-d-a when it's possible and accepted. I hope it
will happen it the next 2-3 months.
> I would imagine this might make things difficult for
> backporters even if the archive is ready for the new format, but I
> haven't been following this transition closely and maybe that problem
> has already been dealt with. Thanks.
lenny supports the new format so the problem is not that big.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog
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