Re: dfsg/ds/etc versioning
Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> writes:
> Does lintian check for and warn about versions like 1.2.3.dfsg1?
>
> The reason it should is this:
>
> 1.2.3 < 1.2.3+dfsg1 < 1.2.3.4 < 1.2.3.dfsg1
>
> My NM found that more packages use the dot variant (621) than use the +
> variant (263).
>
> I also wonder if lintian checks for dsfg (vs dfsg) in the version? One
> package on i386 currently would trigger this warning.
>
> Should I have my NM file patches about these things?
Currently there are no fixes for anything in this area (also including
checking for the repackaged source directory in the tarball and ideally
checking the watch file for version mangling as well, although there are
no watch files at all at present). I'd be happy to accept patches for
this.
--
Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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