Re: How to bet back to a sane version number?
Michael Koch <konqueror@gmx.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:11:18AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm currently preparing an NMU for a package which, besides an RC bug,
>> also has a bug in its last version number. The upstream version is
>> 4.22, but after 4.22-2 the maintainer uploaded 4.22.3.
>>
>> What do you suggest to get back to a sane version number until there is
>> a new upstream version 4.23 or higher? Is there a special letter like
>> ~, but not "lower than anything", but "higher than anything? That would
>> be great, it would just be appended to the 4.22.
>>
>> Otherwise, should I use 4.23~real.4.22-3.1 or similar beasts? Or just
>> go for 4.22.3-0.1 and leave the decision to the maintainer?
>
> Or use an epoch: 1:4.22-3.1
Hm, I don't think it's polite to introduce an epoch in an NMU.
Regards, Frank
--
Dr. Frank Küster
Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich
Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
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