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| From | Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.maint.java |
| Subject | Re: Tomcat 10 packaging |
| Date | 2022-12-12 20:20 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <FBWvf-adJp-15@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <FaHNf-aH6g-13@gated-at.bofh.it> <FBQSR-aala-1@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On Mon, 12 Dec 2022, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> There is another benefit of a versionless package: backport continuity. When
> the tomcat<n+1> package replaces tomcat<n> in testing/unstable, it's no longer
> possible to update the tomcat<n> backport in stable (because the version must
> exist in testing). With a unique tomcat package we can keep updating the stable
> backport even after upgrading to a more recent release in testing.
Downside: no tomcat<n> update for stable users any more, they will be
forced to tomcat<n+1> prematurely.
It might be possible to get a backport exception and/or keep <n> in
testing until just before the release to ease this.
bye,
//mirabilos
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