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charset=utf-8 X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: eth595.vic.adsl.internode.on.net X-Public-Key-ID: 0xBD41714B X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 9CFE 12B0 791A 4267 887F 520C B7AC 2E51 BD41 714B X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-gpg.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:+mAEwxNsMBR5Hda+f68mIlgjBFY= Sender: news X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.93.3, clamav-milter version 0.93.3 on mailserv4.its.unb.ca X-Virus-Scanned: at lists.debian.org with policy bank en-lt X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-2 tagged_above=3.6 required=5.3 tests=[GMAIL=1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, ONEWORD=2] X-Rc-Virus: 2007-09-13_01 X-Rc-Spam: 2007-10-04_01 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-From: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/42404 X-Loop: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org List-Id: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Precedence: list Resent-Sender: debian-mentors-request@lists.debian.org Resent-Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:34:02 +0000 (UTC) X-PMX-Version: 5.4.2.338381, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.0.325393, Antispam-Data: 2008.7.30.221624 X-PerlMx-Spam: Gauge=IIIIIII, Probability=7%, Report='BODY_SIZE_1400_1499 0, BODY_SIZE_5000_LESS 0, __BOUNCE_CHALLENGE_SUBJ 0, __C230066_P1_2 0, __CT 0, __CTE 0, __CT_TEXT_PLAIN 0, __FRAUD_419_BODY_WEBMAIL 0, __FRAUD_419_WEBMAIL 0, __HAS_LIST_HEADER 0, __HAS_LIST_HELP 0, __HAS_LIST_SUBSCRIBE 0, __HAS_LIST_UNSUBSCRIBE 0, __HAS_MSGID 0, __HIGHBITS 0, __MIME_TEXT_ONLY 0, __MIME_VERSION 0, __SANE_MSGID 0, __USER_AGENT 0' X-Virus-Status: Clean Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by mailserv4.its.unb.ca id m6UMY5g3003634 X-Sender-Verified: bounce-debian-mentors=bremner=unb.ca@lists.debian.org "Sandro Tosi" writes: > On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 15:11, Ben Finney = wrote: > > [T]here's no good reason I can see to re-use a release number > > after it's uploaded. >=20 > Because it never reach the archive, so it's better to keep the same > version for a REJECTED package Why is it better? What benefit does it bring to retain the same version string, including release number, for two different packages that have both been uploaded by the maintainer? > jumping revision is useless. It's useful because it clearly distinguishes two different package uploads by the maintainer. By definition, they are at least different enough that one was REJECTED and the later one hopes not to meet the same fate. That keeps discussions about which one is which easy, and it even makes it trivial to distinguish in the package changelog, by separating the two releases and describing what was done for the later one to make it different. That's a tangible benefit, not "useless". What is the benefit in not doing that? --=20 \ =E2=80=9CMy girlfriend has a queen sized bed; I have a court j= ester | `\ sized bed. It's red and green and has bells on it, and the ends | _o__) curl up.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=94= Steven Wright | Ben Finney --=20 To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian= .org