Re: Upload getting lost
On 12 Apr 2006, Russ Allbery said:
> Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:
>> * Frank Küster:
>>> Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
>>>> * Raphael Hertzog:
>
>>>>> Edit debian/changelog, and change the ":" by "+" and you're
>>>>> probably done.
>
>>>> Shouldn't policy be updated to reflect this?
>
>>> Which part? 5.6.12 already talks about that.
>
>> A colon is explicitly allowed if the version contains an epoch. In
>> this case, the build generate file names which contain a colon,
>> too, and I'd expect them to be rejected in the same manner (they
>> look essentially the same because the epoch is dropped).
>
> Sounds like Policy needs an update to me if we're not going to
> accept version numbers that contain a colon (other than the epoch
> colon). I'd be happy to second such a proposal.
Why not fix the bug instead?
manoj
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