Bug#582811: developers-reference: simplify version scheme in pkgs.dbk
tags 582811 - patch
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On 23/05/10 at 16:16 -0400, David Prévot wrote:
> Package: developers-reference
> Version: 3.4.3
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
>
> Hi,
>
> While updating the French translation of the Developer's Reference
> (currently reviewed on debian-l10n-french@l.d.o), I noticed that part of
> the last paragraph about "NMUs and debian/changelog" might be obsolete.
>
> When Lenny was released, Marc 'HE' Brockschmid announced [0] that "the
> numbering scheme for Debian releases has been changed - point releases
> now use a true micro version number, so the first point release will be
> 5.0.1 instead of 5.0r1.
> The minor release number will be used for efforts such as lenny and a
> half."
>
> If this is still true, there is no more need to consider case "When the
> release number is not yet known (often the case for testing, at the
> beginning of release cycles)", since after Lenny (Debian 5.0) and
> Squeeze (Debian 6.0), the next testing (Squeeze+1) will be Debian 7.0.
>
> Please find attached the new.diff patch (usable after applying the
> update.diff I plan to upload in a week or so before uploading the French
> translation) more readable than the complete total.diff (usable on the
> current version of the Developer's Reference).
Hi,
I'm reluctant to apply this patch.
While the change you are proposing makes perfect sense, the numbering
scheme described in this part of dev-ref (+deb50u1 etc) was only rarely
used in Debian, and the current practice is still to use a 'squeeze1'
suffix. The Developers Reference should probably document that instead.
- Lucas
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