Bug#542288: debian-policy: Version numbering: native packages, NMU's, and binary only uploads

[Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@lucas-nussbaum.net>]

On 05/09/09 at 14:26 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> On Fri, 04 Sep 2009, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > I thought there had been one in the sarge timeframe; but I'm not going to go
> > digging any farther to confirm this.  Yes, the problem is more or less
> > theoretical.
> 
> AFAIK, dak always refused uploads that would create such problems so
> maintainers have to find another work around... and it's after the reject
> that questions are asked on what would be the proper version number (and
> where we don't have a proper answer).
> 
> The rules have been loosened recently for proposed updates however:
> http://git.debian.org/?p=users/hertzog/dak.git;a=commitdiff;h=485eac6e5a57d38bfdc7f84aaf982db02405e62e
> 
> An interesting check would be to verify how many packages in lenny or
> squeeze have higher version than in unstable currently due to this.

Only debian-installer. Checked using UDD with:
select l.source, l.version, u.version
from sources l, sources u
where l.source = u.source
and l.distribution = 'debian' and u.distribution = 'debian'
and l.release = 'lenny' and u.release = 'sid'
and l.version > u.version;
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