Bug#542288: debian-policy: Version numbering: native packages, NMU's, and binary only uploads
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.
The rules checked at upload are in dak.conf:
http://git.debian.org/?p=users/hertzog/dak.git;a=blob_plain;f=config/debian/dak.conf;hb=04c242d16f7194e5bf7fddf3109ace61bc16be58
See VersionChecks in each suite definition.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog
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