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| The following paragraph should be added to the packaging guidelines, as it was the source of dispute, despite being common sense:
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| Packages being merged from a third-party repository, with the intention of getting the package dropped from that third-party repository, MUST use an Epoch which is greater or equal to the one from that third-party repository. This is because otherwise the third-party repository will have to carry the package forever to guarantee upgrade paths for their users.
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| The following addendum may also be considered (but should get voted on separately):
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| When submitting a new package, packagers SHOULD check for third-party repositories providing that package and talk to their maintainers if they are interested in a merge. If they are, the above rule applies.
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Latest revision as of 03:18, 25 February 2009
This packaging draft has been withdrawn.
