[maemo-developers] Problems with the fremantle autobuilder...

[From: Jeremiah Foster]

On May 26, 2009, at 14:27, Tim Teulings wrote:

> Hello!
>
>>> I suppose that if a package is rejected, we can upload it with the
>>> same version number ? Requiring to increment the version on each
>>> failed/rejected upload would seem strange IMHO :)
>>
>> Why would you want to upload a package with the same version number?
>> Incrementing the version number is the purpose of the version number,
>> so of course you would want to change the version number every time
>> there is a new package.
>
> You should be able to use the same version again and again as long
> as the autobuild does not let the package pass. Why increment the  
> version
> number
> for building atempts nobody will ever see. The "check in" (to speak in
> version
> control speach) occures if the autobuilder let the package pass.
>
> So I can upload badthing-0.1 as often as I like up to the point
> autobuild builds, for my next update I must use a higher version  
> number
> (I cannot replace packages using the same version and smaller  
> versioned
> packages will enevr been seen by anybody).

If you upload a version that already exists, the autobuilder will  
reject it. This makes sense.

Jeremiah