On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 02:51:48AM +0200, Richard Braakman wrote: > On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 01:19:51AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 26, 2003 at 01:53:26PM +0100, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > > > Policy 5.6.11 describes the upstream version part as: > > > | if there is no epoch then colons are not allowed. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Thus I suggest 5.6.11 to be changed so that colons are no longer allowed > > Please read and reconsider :) > This just means that colons are _sometimes_ allowed in the upstream > version (namely when the package already has an epoch for some reason). > Having them sometimes allowed is even worse than having them always > allowed, so it makes me support the proposal more strongly :) Huh? Upstream versions can only sometimes have "-"es too, big deal. I'd be more inclined to fix the tools, personally, or to say that "within Debian, we'll translate upstream colons to something else" than removing the support from dpkg or changing its meaning. Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <aj@humbug.org.au> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. Australian DMCA (the Digital Agenda Amendments) Under Review! -- http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/blog/copyright/digitalagenda
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