Re: Changing version numbers for upload to m.d.n [ was: Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version ]

To: "martin f krafft" <madduck@debian.org>
Cc: debian-mentors@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Changing version numbers for upload to m.d.n [ was: Re: RFS: swish++: A Simple Web Indexing System for Humans --- C++ version ]
From: "Alan Woodland" <alan.woodland@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 14:54:19 +0100
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On 9/21/06, martin f krafft < madduck@debian.org> wrote:

also sprach James Westby < jw+debian@jameswestby.net> [2006.09.21.1419 +0200]:
> The convention is, I believe, that an upload to mentors.debian.net
> does not count as a release, as anyone who downloads a package
> from there should realise it is a work in flux and handle that
> appropriately.

What speaks against incrementing the Debian revision after every
upload? I am much in favour of that.

It does make it much easier to spot when a new version has been posted to m.d.n if people do that.

Alan

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