[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       kde-release-team
Subject:    Re: print-manager and wacomtablet to Plasma
From:       Justin Zobel <justin.zobel () gmail ! com>
Date:       2023-11-01 8:51:37
Message-ID: c5c6aac4-11a8-4eae-9f50-c16b0b1c1d19 () gmail ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

On 1/11/23 19:19, Ben Cooksley wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 8:44 AM Jonathan Riddell <jr@jriddell.org> wrote:
>
>     As discuccsed in Plasma meeting and just now with KDE gear release
>     spods, Plasma would like to take over releases of print-manager
>     and wacomtablet.   This means renumbering the tars from e.g. 23.08
>     to 5.80.0.
>
>
> Isn't this going to cause distributions all sorts of pain as package 
> managers are going to assume 23.08 > 5.80 and refuse to update?

Fedora has an epoch variable to cater for situations like this. I 
imagine most other distributions have something similar.

The 23.08 would be upgraded to 1:5.80.x.

>
>     Any issues?
>
>     Jonathan
>
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
[Attachment #3 (text/html)]

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  </head>
  <body>
    <p><br>
    </p>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/11/23 19:19, Ben Cooksley wrote:<br>
    </div>
    <blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CA+XidOE=Dw9nUvnoHk31KWgs-exX3eQ5aENEGYoeX2_Ng2o7+A@mail.gmail.com">
      <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
      <div dir="ltr">
        <div dir="ltr">On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 8:44 AM Jonathan Riddell
          &lt;<a href="mailto:jr@jriddell.org" moz-do-not-send="true"
            class="moz-txt-link-freetext">jr@jriddell.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
        </div>
        <div class="gmail_quote">
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
            <div dir="ltr">
              <div>As discuccsed in Plasma meeting and just now with KDE
                gear release spods, Plasma would like to take over
                releases of print-manager and wacomtablet.  This means
                renumbering the tars from e.g. 23.08 to 5.80.0.</div>
            </div>
          </blockquote>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Isn't this going to cause distributions all sorts of pain
            as package managers are going to assume 23.08 &gt; 5.80 and
            refuse to update?</div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    <p>Fedora has an epoch variable to cater for situations like this. I
      imagine most other distributions have something similar.</p>
    <p>The 23.08 would be upgraded to 1:5.80.x.<br>
    </p>
    <blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:CA+XidOE=Dw9nUvnoHk31KWgs-exX3eQ5aENEGYoeX2_Ng2o7+A@mail.gmail.com">
      <div dir="ltr">
        <div class="gmail_quote">
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote"
style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
            <div dir="ltr">
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Any issues?</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
              <div>Jonathan</div>
              <div><br>
              </div>
            </div>
          </blockquote>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>Cheers,</div>
          <div>Ben </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
  </body>
</html>


[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]

Configure | About | News | Add a list | Sponsored by KoreLogic