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[Max Bowsher <maxb@xxxxxxx>]

Jonathan Lange wrote:
> If I naively change sourcedeps.conf like so:
> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
> -subunit lp:~launchpad-pqm/subunit/trunk;revno=61
> +subunit lp:~subunit/subunit/trunk;revno=120
...
> 1. Changing sourcedeps.conf to point to a branch that's not managed by
> our PQM is OK, isn't it? After all, we still have to pass the tests to
> change the revno of the branch, so we aren't losing any safety afaict.

You open the hole that the branch owner could push changes which change
the definition of your specified revno - i.e. a push --overwrite or a
push of a merge which isn't append-only on the lefthand ancestry.

Max.

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