Hey Jonas On 26/09/2018 16:59, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> More recently, I have worked to reduce the difference between Debian >> and Ubuntu packaging for many GNOME packages. It gets very tedious to >> need to upload gnome-calculator in Debian and then do a separate >> upload in Ubuntu (along with all the required Vcs merging, updating >> and tagging) just to add the epoch in Ubuntu. It would be a lot nicer >> if I could just sync the Debian package to Ubuntu. >> >> So is it appropriate to bump an epoch in Debian to match an important >> downstream's epoch? > > Please no: Don't adopt in Debian mistakes done in downstream distros.
I appreciate where your sentiment regarding this issue comes from, but I think it comes across as a bit snide. Jeremy has pulled a lot of weight making GNOME a first class citizen in Debian, and I think you should rather look at it from the perspective that a DD is spending a lot of time on duplicate work that effectively ends up being busy work. No one like epoch bumps but I know Jeremy wouldn't suggest anything without spending a considerable amount of time putting thought in to it. Personally I think you should reconsider before shooting off a 'no' so quickly. And on that note I also agree with you that Debian shouldn't pay for downstream mistakes, but this is clearly a bit different and a bit more than that. -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <jcc> ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer - https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Be Bold. Be brave. Debian has got your back.
