Le Dimanche 21 Septembre 2003 22:12, Santiago Vila a écrit : > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, jjluza wrote: > > I read this : > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/ > > debian-devel-announce-200308/msg00010.html > > > > So we should put development packages (like cvs snapshot) in > > experimental, not in unstable. But there is a problem, and I don't find > > any solution to solve it. For example, let's take mozilla and > > mozilla-snapshot packages : - the first one has a version number (1.4) > > higher than the second one (0.0....) > > - the second one is obviously more recent than the first one. > > > > The announcement tells we should get out "-snapshot" from the name of the > > package, before puting it in experimental. > > So there is no difference in the package name anymore. > > So now, since cvs package version is 0.0.date, apt always ask for > > upgrading to an older version (the stable one : 1.4 for mozilla). > > > > I'm right, or do I make a mistake ? If I'm right, What is the solution ? > > If the snaphots are betas for version 1.5, the solution is to give it > a version number like 2:1.4.20030921-1, so that whenever 1.5 is > officially released you can upload it to unstable as 2:1.5-1. > > [ If the snapshots are betas for 1.4.1, use 2:1.4.0.20030921-1 instead, > etc. ]
Le Dimanche 21 Septembre 2003 22:52, vous avez écrit : > On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 10:01:40PM +0200, jjluza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > Le Dimanche 21 Septembre 2003 20:14, Simon Law a écrit : > > > On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 08:09:57PM +0200, jjluza wrote: > > > > The announcement tells we should get out "-snapshot" from the name of > > > > the package, before puting it in experimental. So there is no > > > > difference in the package name anymore. So now, since cvs package > > > > version is 0.0.date, apt always ask for upgrading to an older version > > > > (the stable one : 1.4 for mozilla). > > > > > > > > I'm right, or do I make a mistake ? If I'm right, What is the > > > > solution ? > > > > > > Apt supports pinning. See man apt_preferences for more details. > > > > > > Simon > > > > Yes, I know this solution, but in fact, I asked for a solution in debian > > policy, without needing to edit a file, what -snapshot allowed. > > But maybe there is no other solution ? > > Well, you could always make the snapshot's version larger than the > non-snapshot version. I think some packages use stuff like > 1.4+cvs0.0.date. Then you get the reverse problem going from experimental > to unstable, of course.. > > Daniel Yes ! I think you give me the better solution I thought about a solution like 1.5+pre... but I were not convinced by the relevance of this solution. So yours one are good : now I should decide if I put a '+' or a '.' ... wooh, difficult to choose. I think I'll use '+' To Daniel : I don't think there is a problem to go from experimental to unstable since we need to use -t experimental with apt-get, when we want to install a package in it. So the problem is cleanly solved, I think. JJ.
