Permit to upload a new package with the same name-version of another package already uploaded (PPA)
Bug #252689 reported by
Devid Antonio Filoni
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #263301: Can't re-upload a package with a different src tarball after deletion in PPA.
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Bug Description
Please, permit to upload to PPA a new package with the same name-version of another package already uploaded, if possible using -f flag in dput.
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The problem in doing that for packages that were already published is that client of your PPA will be confused. Also there is a high possibility that the new source will result in binaries that cannot be published because of copies of the old version may still published in the archive.
Try to imagine a archive as a VCS, you won't ask to replace a revision, would you ?
What's the real problem in increasing the package version ?