On Thu, 25 Sep 2014 09:16:46 +0200 Daniel Pocock <daniel@pocock.pro> wrote: > > Is there any convention for version numbers in experimental? > > E.g. when uploading to backports, we add a suffix like "A.B.C~bpo70+1" > so that the system can cleanly upgrade to version A.B.C when upgrading > to the next stable release. > > I have a package, version 2.2.5-5 in unstable and testing > > I uploaded 2.2.5-6 and 2.2.5-7 to experimental. Should I have given > them versions like 2.2.5-6~exp1 or something and then upload a proper > 2.2.5-6 to unstable when I am happy with it? Or should my next upload > to unstable by 2.2.5-8? Or do I just ignore the version numbers I > uploaded to experimental and use 2.2.5-6 as the next version number > for an unstable upload, even if it doesn't contain the same things as > 2.2.5-6 in experimental? 2.2.5-8 would seem typical practice. 2.2.5-6 will not work for a new upload to unstable - it already exists in the archive. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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