On Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:48:17 +0200, Marcus Meissner <meissner@suse.de> wrote :
On Tuesday, April 23, 2013 09:06:38 Sascha Peilicke wrote: So it's that time of the year again. But it is still the same thing as was when we pushed Essex to Factory. These packages come from different (git, but doesn't matter) branches which by nature don't necessarily share a common history. They do share a common ancestor though:
----+----- master branch
\----- stable branch with bugfixes
It's the same thing with every project following that model by the way, so _yes_ deleted lines in changes files are expected. So what exactly is new here? [...] You are violating your own set rules... And it is sad that you think that they do not apply to you.
This sets bad precedence.
The same discussion process should be done this way. http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Creating_a_changes_file_%28RPM%29
Just as a warning: you might change this policy for openSUSE without problems. But at least for SLE we have exactly this as a strict policy covered for our EAL certification: No changes of released/accepted *.changes files! So your package might end up in openSUSE, but you should think about a solution for SLE in your case. Otherwise your packages will be rejected there if there is an older package with a different changes file - and there is no way other than changing our EAL certification to change this. I'm fine if you start doing this - but please be aware that it might need much money and some time to do so. Other projects btw. have either different packages (think about the <packname><version>-<version-<release> schema) or add the changes of their new branch on top of the old changes file. This works for SLE since years... With kind regards, Lars -- Lars Vogdt <Lars.Vogdt@suse.com> - OPS Engineering Services Team Lead - SUSE Linux Products GmbH - GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer Maxfeldstraße 5, 90409 Nuernberg, Germany - HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-cloud+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-cloud+owner@opensuse.org