Re: Bug#568303: can-utils Debian package

["Uwe Kleine-König" <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>]

Hi Adrian,

On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 08:08:25AM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 10:44:48AM +0400, Alexander GQ Gerasiov wrote:
> > Thu, 20 Feb 2014 17:30:05 +0400
> > Alexander Gerasiov <gq@cs.msu.su> wrote:
> > 
> > > Sorry guys. I'm totally busy with other tasks last month :-(. As I
> > > remember your package is quite ready for upload, so I'll do it
> > > tomorrow (without my changes, just add myself as an uploader if you
> > > don't mind). Ok?
> > 
> > As Uwe is worried about correctness I'd like to mention, that I did not
> > use his package as the base for last upload, but incorporated some of
> > lines he wrote into my package.
> 
> That doesn't sound plausible to me given the fact that you imported
> his debian/rules file and commented out his overrride_dh_* statements
> [1].
> 
> If you had incorporated some of his changes, you'd just have use the
> default rules file from the template.
> 
> You should also have asked yourself why Uwe had added those overrides
> and not just silently commented them out. If someone adds extra
> overrides, he usually has very good reasons. You should have asked Uwe
> about that.
This is wrong, the overrides are not from me. d/rules seems to be
Alexander's (well, or Joey Hess' and Craig Small's) work.

> > Package is in new queue right now and will be soon available in
> > unstable repository.
> 
> It's actually been set to not be reviewed before February 28th to be
> able to discuss this matter first.
I think the best will be when Alexander and I discuss the issue in
private. I don't see a need to pull that conflict into public.

Thanks
Uwe

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