Bug#889816: lintian: Complain when epoch has been bumped but upstream version did not go backwards

To: 889816@bugs.debian.org
Cc: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
Subject: Bug#889816: lintian: Complain when epoch has been bumped but upstream version did not go backwards
From: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>
Date: Fri, 04 May 2018 19:53:11 +0100
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Reply-to: Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>, 889816@bugs.debian.org
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tags 889816 + moreinfo
thanks

Hi Raphaël,

> lintian: Complain when epoch has been bumped but upstream version did not go backwards

Could you provide some concrete "good" and "bad" cases? I'm pretty
sure I know what you're after here but want to be 100% certain,
especially if we want this to be an "error". :)


Best wishes,

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