Re: [Proposal] Simplify upstream version string rule (5.6.12)
Benjamin Mesing <bensmail@gmx.net> writes:
> Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> Sorry, this is not a good justification for additional
>> restriction nor one for a policy change. What is so hard to
>> udnerstand about native debian packages should not have a hyphen,
>> but there is no restrictions on upstream hyphjen usage in versions?
>> Or that upstream versions could have colons as long as the package
>> has an epoch?
>
> Of course progams and humans can deal with that. But IMO simplicity is
> always benefitial for one of the most fundamental guidelines for the
> Debian project. The section in the policy that explains version
> numbering is rather technical and could be significantly simplified
> without those exceptions.
>
> But it seems that most people value the possiblity to literally reflect
> upstream version strings as far as possible higher than the
> simplification of the policy.
That makes simple to use uscan to detect new upstream versions and
other kind of comparative that might be useful with versions...
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