[Pkg-sql-ledger-discussion] Upload for LedgerSMB Debian package?

[Raphael Hertzog]

Hi,

On Wed, 18 Apr 2012, Robert James Clay wrote:
>   But would they accept it?  I do want to get it into Debian unstable &
> then testing before the freeze, but besides that new versions are coming
> out fairly often (currently every couple of weeks or so) there is also
> the matter of that embedded copy of the Scriptaculous Javascript
> Library.  Would they accept a new package with that still in it?
> (That's one reason I've been setting the changelog for experimental
> instead of the unstable distribution.)
> 
>   As I note in the Lintian overrides file, although the library is
> packaged for Debian it's not the same versions as what upstream uses.
> Upstream did note that they don't use "a lot of advanced stuff" so it
> may work; thing is, though, I haven't had a chance to do any testing of
> LedgerSMB with the packaged version of the Library.

The package goes through NEW only once, for experimental and for unstable.
So uploading to experimental doesn't change much.

As long as you document the reason why you have kept the copy, they
should have no problem with it. Wordpress has multiple copies as well
when I fear that they are incompatible.

You can also blindly replace it and hope for the best. Unstable is also
here so that people can test :-)

You can create a fake RC bug if you want to keep the package out of
testing until you have had the time to test by yourself if you really
prefer.

Cheers,
-- 
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