[maemo-developers] Upgrade Description and Package Interface fun

[From: Martin Grimme]

No, this is not an option IMHO, because the Upgrade Description would
tell about things not present in the current version in extras. This
only generates confusion.

As long as this critical bug exists, Upgrade Description must not be
considered mandatory for package updates in the extras-testing Q&A.
Hopefully this bug gets fixed, soon.


Martin


2009/11/18, Graham Cobb <g+770 at cobb.uk.net>:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 08:11:35AM +0100, Martin Grimme wrote:
>> https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6187
>>
>> ?
>>
>> As long as this bug exists, I won't use the upgrade description field
>> anymore.
>
> It is a serious bug (nothing that happens in extras-testing should ever
> affect the Downloads view which needs to be built from Extras only).  But it
> seems like a mistake not to use the upgrade description.
>
> Packages which have a released version in Extras need to have an Upgrade
> Description.  I would tend to assume the bug will be fixed and create the
> Upgrade Description to avod a tester making me down for not having an
> Upgrade Description.  While the bug exists you could always make sure the
> Upgrade Description also contains enough information to tell someone who
> does not have it installed what it does.
>
> Graham
>