Re: Remove package from unstable?

[Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org>]

Hi,

> a) The version numbering rules provide for a '1:' prefix to be used to
>deal with version numbering mistakes. A version number starting with
>'1:' counts as higher than any without such a prefix; a '2:' counts as
>higher than '1:', etc. So you could re-upload 2.10.08+ds-1 with version
>number '1:2.10.08+ds-1' to supplant 2.11.01+ds-3. However the downside
>to this approach is that you're forevermore committed to having that
>prefix in the version numbering.

Don't do this.

Using am epoch has to be agreed on in the project, and for good reasons. First and foremost, the epoch is not encoded into the package file name, thus causing trouble when in the future you get to upload 1:2.11.01.

-nik