Re: Add Debian revision number standards to policy?
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 06:45:32PM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > If I number it 1.2-0.1, it would mean it's no longer a native
> > package. Does that mean I should split it in an .orig.tar.gz and
> > a diff?
>
> On the contrary; Policy does not say that a native package can't have a - in
> its version, it only says that *if* the package is non-native, the Debian
> revision is the part after the last -.
>
> This format for NMU version numbers of native packages (1.2 -> 1.2-0.1) is
> the only one that provides unambiguous identification of NMUs and binNMUs by
> version number alone, and it's the only one that's guaranteed not to collide
> with the maintainer's versioning scheme.
Ah, so I was completely wrong on this issue. Good to know...
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