Re: Unreleased libraries
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:41:56AM -0600, Michael Shuler wrote:
> On 02/07/2014 10:25 AM, Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
> >Is there a policy on how to package software that does not make releases?
>
> A version similar to skia_0.0-1~svnr1234 would allow an upstream
> version of i.e. 0.1 (if they ever release) to supersede your
> packaged version. It should also allow you to upgrade via new svn
> version (0.0-1~svnr1235), as well as new packaging of same svn
> version (0.0-2~svnr1234). Please, correct me, if there is a better
> method, here!
One other thing to keep in mind: what if they switch to git?
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