RE: upstream numbering scheme debian compliant ?
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 03:09:58PM -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> > > > > The current gphoto2 release is 2.0beta5 wich is packaged as
> 2.0beta5.
> > > > > For the final release 2.0, I will package it as 2.0final.
> > > > >
> > > > > What would be the best numbering scheme for the next beta series
> to
> > > > > avoid the use of final for the stable release ?
I don't know about the best, but something that worked for me is, supposing
the previous version was 1.7, to name the betas 1.7-2.0beta1 etc... and then
move to 2.0. 1.7-2.0beta1 is > 1.7, and 2.0 is > 1.7-2beta1.
But... Wouldn't it be nice to have dpkg understand "alpha/beta" in version
numbers?
YA
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