[debian-mysql] unversioned packaging

Nicholas Bamber nicholas at periapt.co.uk
Fri Apr 27 20:01:59 UTC 2012


On 27/04/12 20:56, Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 11:51 PM, Clint Byrum<clint at ubuntu.com>  wrote:
>> I mean the source package.
>>
>> I find it very strange that it has been
>>
>> mysql-dfsg-5.0
>> mysql-dfsg-5.1
>> mysql-5.1
>> mysql-5.5
>>
>> When it really should just have been
>>
>> mysql
>
> Would this allow both 5.1 and 5.5 to be in (for example) unstable?
>
>
>

No - unless you had a two source build which is much, much worse. The 
goal is to have smooth upgrades, but we don't have those actually so the 
whole thing needs more work.



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