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RE: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...



OOPS

left should be right.

One of these days I'll be able to tell my left and right apart!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Ouellette [mailto:pouellet@eng.utoledo.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 1998 3:13 PM
> To: debian-policy@lists.debian.org
> Cc: Debian Developers
> Subject: RE: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...
> 
> 
> I think a reasonable policy statement for this would be something like:
> 
> All pre-release versions will have debian revision of -0.x
> 
> Maintainer release revisions will start at -1 and increment in
> whole numbers
> 
> Non maintainer releases will add a point version to the left of the 
                                                          RIGHT
> maintainer release number they are closest to or based on.  Additional
> non maintainer releases will increment the point version number until 
> the maintainer officially releases another debian revision.  Non 
> maintainer releases will not cause the removal from the archive of the 
> maintainer release they are based on.
> 
> This seems to solve future problems with upstream beta software revision 
> numbers that don't allow us to use the upstream release number.
> 
> OK, I opened my big mouth and have put on my asbestos undergarments :-)
> 
> 
> Pat
> 
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