On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 19:08 +0000, Alex Muntada wrote:
> The section "Importing a source package from elsewhere" in bzr-builddeb
> user manual reads:
>
> During the life of a package it is possible that an upload will be done
> where the changes are not included in the branch, perhaps if an NMU
> is done. This also applies to Ubuntu when merging packages with new
> Debian uploads.
>
> It seems to me that import-dsc should work as explained on the manual.
> If this is not a bug and there's a work-around or a better way to do this
> kind of imports, could you please elaborate and update the manual too?
I don't think the documentation is incorrect, but it could be clearer
on what actually needs to be done to merge a Debian package.
On Mon, 2008-10-27 at 19:08 +0000, Alex Muntada wrote:
> The section "Importing a source package from elsewhere" in bzr-builddeb
> user manual reads:
>
> During the life of a package it is possible that an upload will be done
> where the changes are not included in the branch, perhaps if an NMU
> is done. This also applies to Ubuntu when merging packages with new
> Debian uploads.
>
> It seems to me that import-dsc should work as explained on the manual.
> If this is not a bug and there's a work-around or a better way to do this
> kind of imports, could you please elaborate and update the manual too?
I don't think the documentation is incorrect, but it could be clearer
on what actually needs to be done to merge a Debian package.
Thanks,
James