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Re: Debian versioning question



On 10.11.2023 03:10, Wookey wrote:

Hi Wookey,

I think your options are
1) add an epoch (which exists to deal with this sort of problem)

Well, would like to avoid it, if possible.


2) wait till the next (numerical) release 1.3.9 and upload that.
    Do releases happen often? This approach only really makes sense
    if you/your users can put up with the old version until a
    higher-versioned one appears

About every two years, so not uploading is not really in option.


3) upload a 'nobbled' version number, which is often done to deal
    with this sort of temporary issue: 1.3.8a+really1.3.8+dfsg-1
    dpkg --compare-versions 1.3.8a+dfsg lt 1.3.8a+really1.3.8+dfsg; echo $?

You mean upload the 1.3.8a as 1.3.8+really1.3.8a, 1.3.8+really1.3.8b, 1.3.8+really1.3.8c etc. until we are at 1.3.9 und we can return to normal versioning?

I'd probably go with option 3 in this case. Ugly but temporary.

Sounds like an option for now. Thanks!

Hilmar

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