[request-tracker-maintainers] 3.8 sid upload

[Dominic Hargreaves]

On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 12:19:16AM +0200, Niko Tyni wrote:
> This is now fixed in SVN and seems to work for me, but it's only lightly
> tested.
> 
> Upgrades leave orphaned files in /etc/request-tracker3.8; is it
> worthwhile to go through them and remove them if unmodified or warn the
> admin otherwise? That's a bit complex for experimental, but the packages
> have been widely announced...

I think it would be nice, but not essential (a NEWS.Debian entry would be
sufficient). It's crud left behind, but not disastrous (unlike the
sqlite goofup I introduce which I fixed in the last upload :( )

Given that people on rt-users are interested in stablish packages,
uploading to unstable sooner rather than later would be good, it might
be worth having another check over the packages to make sure there
aren't any other time bombs that could be fixed first.

> BTW, how about ditching svn and moving to git? I'm OKish with git-svn,
> but it could be better...

Hmm, never used git, so I don't have a reason to switch. Is there a nice
explanation of the benefits w.r.t package maintenance anywhere?

Dominic.

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