Proposing a New App Developer Upload Process

[Michael Hall]

> What about the following scenario?
> 
> We add an Extras package "foo" in precise.  Then in quantal, we sync in
> some new, unrelated package "foo" from Debian that happens to share the
> same name.  Now users that installed "foo" in precise that upgrade to
> quantal will be replacing their "foo" package with a completely
> unrelated one.
> 

It's possible for me to upload a package to Universe in Precise's
development phase, then for an unrelated package by the same name to be
in Debian's archives when we do the Quantal sync.

How is this currently handled?


Michael Hall
mhall119 at ubuntu.com