Bug#1007717: Draft resolution for "Native source package format with non-native version"

[Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>]

Hello,

On Tue 07 Jun 2022 at 09:31am +02, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:

> A middle ground between (4) and (4b) could be to discourage the use of
> 1.0-with-diff in circumstances where it is not justified. Something
> like:
>
> 4c. We believe that there are indeed circumstances in which
>     1.0-with-diff is the best choice for a particular source package,
>     including, but not limited to, git-first packaging workflows.
>     However, we recommend discontinuing use of 1.0-with-diff in other
>     circumstances to gain more uniformity.
>
> That opens the path to an archive where the only remaining 1.0 packages
> are the ones where there's a reason to use 1.0. (as opposed to
> currently, where we have a mix of packages using 1.0 for a good reason,
> and packages using 1.0 because nobody cared to update them to modern
> practices).

This would be a good ballot option to include, thank you.

-- 
Sean Whitton