Re: package versions with snapshots/branch updates (was: Re: Accepted gcc-5 5.3.1-21 (source) into unstable)
On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 12:40:32PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
> On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 12:00:28AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> > > > e.g. if you have a package 1.0 and add a complete branch update as a patch
> > > > (or upgrade to a snapshot) one should do a 1.0+gitYYYDDMM-1 or whatever format
> > > > you choose. Not 1.0-15 or so.
> > > Here the question is "if you package unreleased changes, should they go to
> > > orig.tar or to debian.tar, am I right?
> > It boils down to that, but it's not that strict. I just want the version
> > of the package be correct.
> Yeah, and my point is "what version is correct one"? :)
It depends on the circumstance:
1.0+gitYYYMMDD-1 or ~rXXXX or so or 1.1~gitYYYMMDD-1 or 1.1~rc-1 or whataver.
In my gcc example this should have clearly been 5.4.0~rc1-1 instead of 5.3.1-21.
if it 's actually 5.4.0 rc1.
Regards,
Rene
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