Re: RFS:qterm
Li Daobing <lidaobing@gmail.com> wrote:
> If I want to modify the source tarball, for example, I want to delete
> the admin/CVS and debian/*.ex in the source, should I modify the version
> number, for example, called it 0.4.0pre2.dfsg.1-1 or some other name?
The version number consists of two parts for non-native packages (by far
the majority). cf. Debian Policy. The upstream part should reflect which
upstream source your package is based on (released version, release
candidate or in some cases, CVS-or-whatever snapshot). If this doesn't
change, you should only increment the Debian part of the version number.
The .dfsg thing means that the upstream source has been changed in a
substantial way in order to comply with the Debian Free Software
Guidelines; important enough that users should know they are not getting
what is shipped by upstream---and why.
--
Florent
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