On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 14:43:48 +0100, Rik Theys wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 11 Mar 2011, Julien Cristau wrote: > > >A few things: > >- the fix should probably get a bit more exposure in unstable before we > > accept it in stable > >- changing the source package format in a stable update is a no-no > > The package in squeeze was packaged as a "native" package. I asked on IRC in > #debian-release > how to apply the patch in this case. I was told to either apply the patch to > the shipped "upstream" tar > archive, or to either change the packaging. > > I opted to change the packaging as this would show what has changed since the > original tar. I provided > this new packaging to the DD for his convenience. > > Would it have more change of being included in a stable point release if the > original packaging is > kept and the patch applied to the tar? > Yes.
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