Re: Bug#21969: debian-policy: needs clarification about Standards-Vers
On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:00:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> > On 2 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> > > Packages only have to specify the first three digits of the
> > > version number in the `Standards-Version' field of their source
> > > packages.
>
> Well, it sure reads to me as if it _does_ specify "at least three".
>
> If it meant "exactly three", I'd have expected to see "Packages have to
> specify only the first three digits of the version number in the
> `Standards-Version' field of their source packages."
They both say the same thing to me -- >= 3.
If = 3 was intended, "must" or "should" should be used, as in
"Packages must specify only the first three digits of the version ..."
Hamish
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