Bug#620566: dpkg: "version number does not start with digit" is in contrast to policy

To: Carsten Hey <carsten@debian.org>, 620566@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#620566: dpkg: "version number does not start with digit" is in contrast to policy
From: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 14:28:01 +0200
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On Mon, 04 Apr 2011, Carsten Hey wrote:
> upstream_version git1234 could be prefixed with epoch 0 and thus lead to
> the version number 0:git1234-debian_revision.  Maybe this could be
> mentioned in the policy.

No, the check is on the first digit of the "upstream version". The epoch
is ignored.

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References:
- Bug#620566: dpkg: "version number does not start with digit" is in contrast to policy
  - From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
- Bug#620566: dpkg: "version number does not start with digit" is in contrast to policy
  - From: Michael Prokop <mika@debian.org>
- Bug#620566: dpkg: "version number does not start with digit" is in contrast to policy
  - From: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
- Bug#620566: dpkg: "version number does not start with digit" is in contrast to policy
  - From: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
- Bug#620566: dpkg: "version number does not start with digit" is in contrast to policy
  - From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
- Bug#620566: dpkg: "version number does not start with digit" is in contrast to policy
  - From: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
- Bug#620566: dpkg: "version number does not start with digit" is in contrast to policy
  - From: Carsten Hey <carsten@debian.org>

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