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

[Max Bowsher <maxb@xxxxxxx>]

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.

As a user of PPAs, both as uploader and consumer, I would have to say: I
absolutely and completely disagree.

This restriction prevents people from shooting themselves *and users of
their PPA's* in the foot.

The frequency with which questions about this and other version
numbering issues proves that just because someone knows enough to create
and upload to a PPA, really *doesn't* imply any degree of expertise with
proper version numbering.

Max.

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