Re: RFC: libc5 uploads for bo

[Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de>]

On 24 Nov 1997, tibor simko wrote:

> >>>>> "christian" == Christian Schwarz <schwarz@monet.m.isar.de> writes:
> 
>     christian> For example, package foo
>     christian> with version 2.5-1 in stable and 2.5-2 in unstable will
>     christian> get 2.5-1-2.5-2 in bo-unstable.
> 
> humpf!  when i do:
> 
>   $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.5-1-2.5-2 lt 2.5-2; echo $?
> 
> i get:
> 
>   1
>
> so it seems that the proposed bo-unstable version number isn't lower
> than the corresponding hamm version number?! :-(

(Oh no! Not again...)

> i prefer the following proposition instead:
> 
> >>>>> "fabrizio" == Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@icenet.fi> writes:
> 
>     fabrizio>                   bo-unstable       unstable
>     fabrizio> last bo package    1.2-4              ---
>     fabrizio> old package        1.2-4bo5         1.2-5
>     fabrizio> new package        1.2-4bo6         1.2-6
>     fabrizio> newer package      1.2-4bo7         1.2-7
>     fabrizio> non-maintainer     1.2-4bo7.1       1.2-7.1
> 
>  (note: i preferred to write 1.2-4bo5 instead of fabricio's 1.2-4.bo5)
> 
> and i would add that when debianizing a new upstream release of the
> package, one can put
> 
>                        bo-unstable       unstable
>      new package        1.3-0bo1         1.3-1
>      newer package      1.3-0bo2         1.3-2
>      non-maintainer     1.3-0bo2.1       1.3-2.1
> 
> as i'll probably do myself with the gnuplot package for bo-unstable,
> since gnuplot hamm version is already out as `m.n-1'.  is it okay to
> do it in this `m.n-0bo1' way?

I didn't know how to extend Fabrizio's proposal for new upstream versions,
so I dropped it. Now that you have found a solution we can use it,
provided that it works. I leave it to the others to check whether this
solution finally works.... :-) 




Thanks,

Chris

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