On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:25:38PM +0100, Joachim Wiedorn wrote: > Julien Valroff <julien@debian.org> wrote on 2011-03-20 21:48: > > > The best I have found is to use something like: > > <latest_upstream_release>+gitYYYYMMDD.<githash> > > Please be aware, that "+" is not the optimal connector. > Try dpkg --compare-versions and see: > > a) 1.2.0 is less than 1.2.0+git2011 > > b) 1.2.0 is greater than 1.2.0~git2011 > > The version b) is the better way. So please use "~" > as connector. From what you write, my understanding is: * if upstream is working on master *after* 1.2.0 has been released, you should use +git; * if upstream is working *towards* 1.2.0, ~git is the one for you. By the way, +git seems safer to me, because upstream might change his mind (remember when GNOME folks thought 2.30 would be 3.0?). -- Andrea Bolognani <eof@kiyuko.org> Resistance is futile, you will be garbage collected.
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