Re: Do not pull a package!
sanvila@unex.es (Santiago Vila) wrote on 17.12.98 in <Pine.LNX.3.96.981217124100.2411B-100000@cantor.unex.es>:
> On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Juergen A. Erhard wrote:
>
> > >>>>> "Joey" == Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> writes:
> >
> > Joey> A critical bug on an unimportant package is a sure bet to get
> > that package Joey> pulled from the distirbution so we can release.
> > Already happens.
> >
> > Wouldn't it be better to just not upgrade it automatically?
>
> In such case the right thing to do, IMHO, would be to reupload the
> version in hamm to slink, and put the buggy version in unstable again.
Presuming, of course, that the old version did not have the same bug.
Often a bad assumption.
MfG Kai
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