Re: fixing rc-version-greater-than-expected-version

[Alex Mestiashvili <alex@biotec.tu-dresden.de>]

On 07/31/2012 10:21 AM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 10:01:53AM +0200, Alex Mestiashvili wrote:
>   
>> I would like to avoid adding the epoch in the middle of the minor
>> releases, i.e. -betaX.
>> Because the only reason is lintian's warning and not a significant
>> change in the software.
>>
>> And I also agree with Charles that it is better to wait until we really
>> need to add the epoch.
>> If we will need to do so at all.
>>     
> Well, you are the person who is actively working on this package and if
> you have your way to make sure
>
>   1. you will notice new upstream releases
>   2. users will detect new package version
>
> this is fine for me whatever method you choose.
>
> Kind regards
>
>       Andreas. 
>
>   
Hi Andreas,
first of all sorry for the delay.
I'll go with overriding for 2.0.0-beta7 now and switch to epoch with the
next release -beta8.
Thank you and Charles for the useful discussion,
Alex