Bug#17621: PROPOSED]: About versions based on dates

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On 30 Oct 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote:

>      Native Debian packages (i.e., packages which have been written
>      especially for Debian) whose version numbers include dates should
>      always use the `YYYY-MM-DD' format.

James Troup pointed out some time ago that this probably breaks another
policy about version numbers in native Debian packages.

[ That's why the debian-keyring package he maintains uses dots instead
  of hyphens, YYYY.MM.DD ].

>      I am now looking for seconds for this proposal.

I would propose to discuss this minor point first.


[ I would suggest to make "YYYYMMDD" the recommended choice in this case,
  points are not allowed in ISO dates, only hyphens or nothing, I think ].

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