Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello,

On Tue 15 Mar 2022 at 04:29pm GMT, Ian Jackson wrote:

> Please:
>
> Part I - belss continued use of 1.0 native format, for now at least:
>
>  1. Declare explicitly that there is nothing wrong with a package with
>     a native format, but a non-native version number.
>
>  2. Request that the dpkg maintainer relax the restriction which
>     prevents the use of 3.0 native with Debian revision.
>
>  3. Consequently, declare that the recent MBF on this topic ought not
>     to have been filed against packages where simply changing the
>     source format does not currently work.  That would include at
>     least 1.0 native packages with Debian revisions.
>
> Part II - bless continued use of 1.0-with-diff, for now at least:
>
>  4. Declare that sometimes the use of 1.0-with-diff can be the best
>     tradeoff between different considerations.  In particular,
>     because 1.0 is the only format which botH:
>      (a) Optimises bandwidth and storage by reusing the upstream
>          data when it hasn't changed.
>      (b) Avoids polluting the working tree (package source code)
>          with [patches], which cause trouble especially with
> 	 git-based workflows.
>
>  5. Consequently, declare that the recent MBF on this topic ought not
>     to have been filed against 1.0 with diff packages, at least
>     without some further filter.

I think that you are asking us to use 6.1.1/6.1.2 for most of this, but
for I.3 are you asking for us to use 6.1.4 or 6.1.5?  "Request" seems
more like 6.1.5 but I would like to check.

-- 
Sean Whitton