Re: Releases other than by the package maintainert

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

branderh@debian.iaehv.nl writes ("Re: Releases other than by the
package maintainert"):
> [Ian Jackson:]
> >  (b) that the non-usual-maintainer releases should use a particular
> >      revision format: eg, hello-1.3-8 would become hello-1.3-8.1.
> 
> Seems very right to me.  But I would like to add the following to it.
> 
> When mainstream is updated, hello-1.3 -> hello-1.4
> Non-usual-maintainer updates, hello-1.3-8 -> hello-1.4-0.1
> Usual-maintainer updates, hello-1.3-8 -> hello-1.4-1
> 
> Usual-maintainer should never use -0 for revisions.
> And if we agree on this, it should be mandated in the manual.

I think this seems reasonable.  I propose to mandate it.

Any objections, considerations ?

Ian.