Re: Use of ~ in package versions
On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> Debian Policy[0] 5.6.11. `Version':
>
> The <upstream_version> may contain only alphanumerics[1] and the
> characters `.' `+' `-' `:' (full stop, plus, hyphen, colon) and
> should start with a digit. If there is no <debian_revision>
> then hyphens are not allowed; if there is no <epoch> then colons
> are not allowed.
>
> So although dpkg might support it, you're not actually permitted to use
> it until Policy is updated. (As I Understand Things)
Policy can lag the real world. Just because policy doesn't explicitly allow
you to do something, doesn't mean you shouldn't.
One could infer from the about reference that dpkg is not allowed to change
the chars used in versions.
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