From kde-release-team  Wed Oct 27 14:26:21 2021
From: Rolf Eike Beer <kde () opensource ! sf-tec ! de>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:26:21 +0000
To: kde-release-team
Subject: Re: KDE Gear and hotfix releases, how to see whether a user has the hotfix?
Message-Id: <4689098.31r3eYUQgx () eto ! sf-tec ! de>
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Am Mittwoch, 27. Oktober 2021, 15:51:50 CEST schrieb Sandro Knau=DF:
> Hi,
>=20
> in Debian we only can update Debian stable, than this needs to get approv=
ed
> by the release manages. This is done by filing a diff aganist the old
> version in stable. So providing just the patches is fine for Debian, as t=
he
> commits normally also explain what they fix. This helps us and the release
> managers to understand why we need to update. In the end it boils down to
> the question, either update the version numer or not.

A bit unrelated here, but as an upstream developer that has to deal with=20
bugreports that refer to distro package numbers: if upstream releases a new=
=20
version that only contains changes that you will include, then please also=
=20
bump the version number as upstream has done. Otherwise it becomes a nightm=
are=20
to find out what code a user is actually running, i.e. dissecting the sourc=
e=20
debs and whatnot.

Eike