Re: [Launchpad-users] PPA: How To Fix Failed Builds Due To Dependencies Without Releasing New Version

[Elliot Murphy <elliot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/24/2009 02:52 PM, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> Still, it's a pain that the code has been designed to act is if it knows
> better than the user. If you know enough to build PPAs, you should be up
> to knowing when the version number needs bumping and when it doesn't.

I can sympathize with feeling frustrated when a PPA won't just "do what
I tell it to", but I think this design is good.

Since PPAs were first made available, I've seen a lot of people who
should know better (me included) make the initial mistake of trying to
re-publish a modified package without bumping the version number. I
think the version checks in PPAs are a really good thing, and over and
over again I see them provoking people into a better understanding of
how package versioning and publishing works.

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Elliot Murphy | https://launchpad.net/~statik/

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