[PATCH] Make linux-doc non-versioned, fixing 382115 and 247517

[Colin Watson]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 02:56:26PM +0100, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> Unfortunately, this change caused a problem:
> 
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/28126940/upload_1084377_log.txt
> 
> 2009-06-19 22:58:57 WARNING Upload was rejected:
> 2009-06-19 22:58:57 WARNING 	linux-doc_2.6.30-10.11_all.deb: Version older than that in the archive. 2.6.30-10.11 <= 2.6.30.9.8
> 
> I didn't notice that linux-meta and linux used different version numbering
> schemes: linux is at 2.6.30-10.11 while linux-meta is at 2.6.30.9.8 (note
> the differing punctuation).
> 
> Some possible ways to fix this:
> 
>  * Use the linux-meta scheme in both places (it's a native package anyway)

It's native right now, but we usually try to change it to non-native
once the real upstream 2.6.X release has happened, so that we're
shipping a corresponding .orig.tar.gz in the archive and our changes are
easy to see without having to figure out revision control details.

>  * Upload the next linux-meta (which should drop linux-doc) and then try
>    again after the old linux-doc has been removed (may need manual
>    intervention)

I'm not willing to intervene manually for this purpose (and I don't
think the Soyuz team should do so either) unless there is absolutely no
other way. I realise it only affects upgrades within Karmic, but it sets
a bad precedent.

>  * Artificially and temporarily inflate the version number on linux-doc only
>    (and let the problem solve itself with 2.6.31)

I'd be happy to supply a patch for this, but 2.6.30-10.11 doesn't seem
to be in git. Did somebody forget to push?

Thanks,

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Colin Watson                                       [cjwatson at ubuntu.com]