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85 On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Sandro Tosi wrote:
86 > Because it doesn't add any information for the end users,
88 Sure it does. It tells end users what was changed in between the
89 REJECT and the new upload. Eliding this means that it's no longer
90 possible to trivially tell what was changed between uploads.[1]
92 > if not confusion: it seems that 2 different version reached the
93 > archive, since the users will see 2 different entries in the
94 > changelog (for example using apt-listchanges) when indeed there is
95 > only 1 package uploaded after the one previou in the archive.
97 There were two uploaded, not just one. Furthermore, it doesn't matter
98 how many have reached the archive when a user is examining changelogs.
99 All you care about is the version that you have, the version that
100 you're upgrading to, and any previous versions you had installed. None
101 of those necessarily correlate with versions that are actually in the
104 > Ah, did I forgot to remember that "Our priorities are our users and
107 Obviously, which is why you should do what I suggested.
109 You shouldn't treat changelogs of packages which happen to stop off at
110 NEW any differently, even if they get REJECTed.
115 1: Furthermore, you really should be tagging your uploads with the
116 release that you uploaded to Debian with in your VCS. You are doing
119 NASCAR is a Yankee conspiracy to keep you all placated so the South
121 -- http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=327
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