Bug#85270: PROPOSAL] Forbiding debian-revision field for Debian-native source packages

[Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>]

Ben Collins wrote:
> > Should debian-native *source* packages (.tar.gz + .dsc) be forbidden to   
> > include a debian revision field, the problem would be detectable, and both
> > lintian and katie (dinstall) could be made to flag such uploads as
> > improper.

> What if upstream has a xx.xx-x version numbering? That's perfectly
> legitimate.

Well then the debian package ends up with xx.xx-x-y versioning, in
which case it is not a debian native package, and the policy proposal
would require it to have a .diff.gz. A package with xx.xx-x versioning
cannot be a debian native package; let me quote existing policy:

          The <upstream-version> may contain only alphanumerics and the
          characters `.'  `+' `-' `:' (full stop, plus, hyphen, colon) and
          should start with a digit.  If there is no <debian-revision> then
          hyphens are not allowed; if there is no <epoch> then colons are
          not allowed.

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