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Re: native packages



Hi,

On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 01:28:35PM -0700, Shaun Jackman wrote:
> I won't say anything useful here, but simply add a "Me too!". I would 
> say the following two statements always hold:
> 
> 	version contains '-' implies not Debian native (i.e. orig/diff)
> 	not (version contains '-') implies Debian native (i.e. tar.gz)
> 
> If either of these fails, I think lintian/linda should definitely 
> complain. Can anyone think of a counterexample?

Yes. Native package foo version 1.2.3 would be source-NMUed as 
1.2.3-0.1, and bin-NMUed as 1.2.3-0.0.1.

Cheers,

Nicolas

PS:
  Because it is hard to read.
  Why should I not answer above the questions?



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