On 02/08/2014 05:55 AM, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
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
>>> method, here!
Please do not abuse the Debian revision for including upstream version information!
Indeed, I was incorrect - thanks for the clarification.
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.
I think your detailed reply [0] was most helpful. Using a dated version would probably be the best method, in my opinion - anything after that is easily overridden. Epochs should be an avenue of last resort.
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