Re: Native packages, broken uploads, and debian policy
>>>>> "Henrique" == Henrique M Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> writes:
Henrique> IMHO we should solve the dillema of adding revision
Henrique> numbering to .orig.tar.gz first (due to package pools),
Henrique> and maybe include in that solution this idea of
Henrique> yours. But this is somehow outside the scope of this
Henrique> thread.
Henrique> As for autobuilders, binary NMUs and NMUs, the present
Henrique> solution (append .0#) to the full version number
Henrique> (upstream + debian revision, if it exists) works and
Henrique> causes no source headaches for the vast majority of the
Henrique> packages.
Agreed.
Although for native packages (which should not already have a Debian
revision number), -# should probably be appended instead, so the
version stays the same.
--
Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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