Re: Unreleased libraries
On 2014-02-08 10:01, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> 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
Please do not abuse the Debian revision for including upstream version
information!
>> method, here!
>
> One other thing to keep in mind: what if they switch to git?
If you expect this, start with
0~~svn12345-1
and switch to
0~git$whatever-1
later on.
Andreas
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