Uploading random new upstream releases considered harmful

[Barry deFreese]

Jérémie Corbier wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I know Universe is supposed to be a place where we provide bleeding edge
> versions and crackful softwares but I believe it doesn't mean we can upload
> without caring about whether the package works or not.
>
> A few days ago, someone realized that xmlrpc-c was running a little behind
> upstream releases in Gutsy and decided to package the latest version.  Fine.
>
> What really pissed me off though is that the updated package was totally broken
> (shipped nothing but /usr/share/doc/<package>/copyright and friends).  What
> pissed me off even more is that the sponsor uploaded the package as is and fixed
> a FTBFS on amd64 in a -0ubuntu2 version which had the same problem [0].  Last
> but not least, it looks like xmlrpc-c quite changed between the 0.9 series and
> the current one... [1]
>
> Could people *please* be a little more careful when it comes to new upstream
> releases, especially libraries?
>
> Cheers,
>   
That was me but that makes no sense.  I still have the deb here and it 
isn't empty.  I also had a tester for the package before I uploaded it...

I will look at the package again.

My apologies,

Barry deFreese (aka bddebian)