Re: bookworm-backports failure

Phil Wyett <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Jul 2023 09:47:11 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.debian.backports.general
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

On Fri, 2023-07-21 at 09:24 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
> On Fri, 2023-07-21 at 08:37 +0100, Phil Wyett wrote:
> > I can successfully upload 'rednotebook' from 'testing' into
> > 'bullseye-backports'
> 
> As a side note, my understanding is that's not a supported use of
> bullseye-backports.
> 
> > From https://backports.debian.org/Contribute/ :
> 
> "
> With the release of a new stable version uploading packages with
> versions greater than in new stable or new stable-security are not
> allowed. So if you want to upload a new package version from e.g.
> bookworm to buster, use buster-backports-sloppy as the target
> distribution.
> "
> 
> That text needs an update with s/bookworm/trixie/ and
> s/buster/bullseye/g, but I believe the policy still stands.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Adam
> 

Hi,

Thanks for the clarification.

I will wait for the upload to bullseye-backports to be rejected and
send to sloppy then.

Regards

Phil

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