r12351 - /website/howto/upload.pod

rra at users.alioth.debian.org rra at users.alioth.debian.org
Thu Jan 10 01:26:33 UTC 2008


Author: rra
Date: Thu Jan 10 01:26:33 2008
New Revision: 12351

URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/?sc=1&rev=12351
Log:
Add a caution to not upload packages that aren't ready, and use dch -e
instead of dch -r to update the timestamp in the changelog.

Modified:
    website/howto/upload.pod

Modified: website/howto/upload.pod
URL: http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/website/howto/upload.pod?rev=12351&op=diff
==============================================================================
--- website/howto/upload.pod (original)
+++ website/howto/upload.pod Thu Jan 10 01:26:33 2008
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 verification steps and checks.  It covers uploading work that's already been
 committed to the Subversion repository and doesn't cover how to do new work,
 create new packages, or upgrade packages to new upstream versions.
+
+Note that packages should only be uploaded if the distribution in the
+changelog header is already set to C<unstable>.  Packages with a distribution
+of C<UNRELEASED> are still being worked on and shouldn't be uploaded without
+confirmation from the person who made the last changes or someone who regularly
+works on that package.
 
 =head1 Uploading steps
 
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@
 
 Update the signature and timestamp for the package with:
 
-    dch -r
+    dch -e
 
 (and then exit the editor if you don't need to change anything else).  This
 will also change the signature of the most recent changelog entry to you.




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