Re: Package versioning and upgrades

[Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com>]

On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 06:50:22AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
> Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> (2015-03-28):
> > Alternatively, you could use release version numbers rather than code names:
> > 
> > 0.6.3-1.3-1~Debian7 (rather than wheezy), and
> > 0.6.3-1.3-1~Debian8 (rather than jessie)
> 
> Using the same scheme as stable & security updates might be a good
> idea instead of inventing another versioning scheme?
> 
> Meaning ~deb7u1 or +deb7u1 for the first upload to wheezy, ~deb7u2 or
> +deb7u2 for the next one; as for jessie, use ~deb8u1 or +deb8u1 for
> the first upload, etc.

And people better not rely on these being in alphabetical order, 
they'll run into trouble transitioning 9 and 10.

The advantage of code names is that no one would assume jessie is later 
in alphabetical order than wheezy.

Protection for idiots.

-- hendrik