Message ID | 20200616074110.22392-1-juergh@canonical.com |
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Series | Remove trailing '_18.04.x' from package version | expand |
On 16.06.20 09:41, Juerg Haefliger wrote: > This is the only meta package that carries _18.04.x at the end of the > package version. Fix that to be consistent with the rest. > > Juerg Haefliger (1): > UBUNTU: [Packaging] Remove trailing '_18.04.x' from package version > > update-version | 5 +++-- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > Yes it is different but deliberate. We are trying to see how well this works and it would be the format of all meta for backports in some more or less near future. The problem this would solve is that version numbers of meta for backported kernels can clash/go beyond those of the originating series. And that impacts upgrading. This required us to check and occasionally bump the meta package upload numbers seemingly without reason. -Stefan
On Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:50:15 +0200 Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com> wrote: > On 16.06.20 09:41, Juerg Haefliger wrote: > > This is the only meta package that carries _18.04.x at the end of the > > package version. Fix that to be consistent with the rest. > > > > Juerg Haefliger (1): > > UBUNTU: [Packaging] Remove trailing '_18.04.x' from package version > > > > update-version | 5 +++-- > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > Yes it is different but deliberate. We are trying to see how well this works and > it would be the format of all meta for backports in some more or less near future. > > The problem this would solve is that version numbers of meta for backported > kernels can clash/go beyond those of the originating series. And that impacts > upgrading. This required us to check and occasionally bump the meta package > upload numbers seemingly without reason. Ah, ok. That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification. Glancing at the commit history it's not obvious when this change was introduced. Would have been helpful to see a notice somewhere that we're deliberately deviating from the rest for said reasons. ...Juerg > -Stefan >