Re: binary NMUs and version numbers

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:

> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
>>>That'd mean REJECTing uploads whose versions match
>>>"[^0-9]+[a-z][0-9]+$" presumably.
>           ^          ^
> First + is literal, second + is "one or more". One should be
> escaped. Which one? Depends whether it's a regexp or an eregexp... :-/
>
>> No, why?
>
> Because 1.2-1~beta+b1 >> 1.2-1~beta1.
>
> That regexp is rejecting uploads where there *isn't* a number before
> the +. '[^0-9]\+[a-z0-9]+$' (as an eregexp) might be better.

Ahh, you mean reject the +b1 and not the source upload. Got you.

MfG
        Goswin