Frank, > Of course I wouldn't want to put such a pre-Version into the Debian > archive. If it works at least to some extent, it may be a good idea to put it in the archive, accompanied by an R bug saying that this is not yet suitable for release (which will keep it out of testing). Exposure to a technology-savvy audience (unstable users) is a good thing for stuff in the final bug-fixing phases. > So, as long as upstream hasn't agreed to change this (or even stated > they never will), what should I do? In the special case where I came > across this, it's even worse: The development versions for to-be 1.2 are > numbered 1.2-1 to 1.2-4, and I fear the release will be just 1.2. The usual way is using "pre1", "pre2", ..., "rc1", ..., "rel". As a matter of fact, this sorts nicely. Simon -- GPG Fingerprint: 040E B5F7 84F1 4FBC CEAD ADC6 18A0 CC8D 5706 A4B4
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