Re: possible conflict over the /usr/bin/ia namespace

[Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

Antoine Beaupré writes ("Re: possible conflict over the /usr/bin/ia namespace"):
> On 2018-09-25 14:22:44, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > If you can't get a better idea I would suggest
> >   << 0.242+git20151019-1.1~
> > which is all versions until the next draft(~)-of-an-nmu (.1).
> 
> But wouldn't <= 0.242+git20151019-1~ be as effective? Why does it need
> to be <<?

0.242+git20151019-1 is not <= 0.242+git20151019-1~ so that is
definitely wrong.  Maybe you meant <= 0.242+git20151019-1.1~ ?
But if I were preparing an NMU I would be intending to use
0.242+git20151019-1.1 as the nmu version; and my draft packages would
be called precisely 0.242+git20151019-1.1~ and don't want to be
conflicted against.  Hence  0.242+git20151019-1.1~

This seems like arcane lore really.  Surely this stuff ought to be
documented somewhere ?

Ian.

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