Re: Tomcat 10 packaging
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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