Fwd: Updating a package in Ubuntu?

[Robert James Clay]

Sorry, meant to send this to the list as well..

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Robert James Clay <jame at rocasa.org>
> Date: October 2, 2008 5:53:43 PM GMT-04:00
> To: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu at ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: Updating a package in Ubuntu?
>
> Hi Emilio!
>
> On Oct 2, 2008, at 4:25 PM, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
>
>> Robert James Clay wrote:
>>>     I recently adopted a package in Debian, ttylog;    ....
>
>>>     What I wonder about is how to get it updated in Ubuntu.   The
>>> versions showing for hardy & intrepid are a couple of years old.   I
>>> presume that the current version (0.1.c-1) will automatically  
>>> make it
>>> in to intrepid +1;   is it too late to get it into intrepid?
>>
>> If it contains new features, you have to request a Feature Freeze  
>> exception [1].
>
>    In Ubuntu, my package is in Universe, not Main.  So wouldn't it  
> be point 5 rather than point 2?
>
>    The major changes are bug fixes.  One of the bug fixes also  
> extended one of he program options, but I don't consider that a  
> "new" feature.
>
>
>> If it doesn't, it's ok to get it in.
>
>
>     I'm thinking to submit a combined sync request [1] / freeze  
> exception request [2], noting that is  a bug fix update.
>
>
>
> Robert James Clay
> jame at rocasa.org
>
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreezeExceptionProcess, point 5.2
> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SyncRequestProcess
>
>

Robert James Clay
jame at rocasa.org