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Re: netcdf packages



Warren Turkal wrote:

>> Version of your package results in a lintian warning, because your
>> version string is not like it should be in Debian. Your version should
>> be foo-x.x.x (another .x is for NMUs).
> 
> I want the package to be sorted before a real -1 release in the debian
> archive so that folks installing the pre packages don't have to worry
> about manually removing the pre packages to get the real ones. I will
> collapse the pre packages into one changelog entry for the -1 release.

You can use the ~ suffix, as in 3.6.2-beta4~pre1. These versions will
evaluate lower than 3.6.2-beta4.

-- 

Felipe Sateler



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