On Sun, 2012-01-08 at 10:07:15 -0800, Russ Allbery wrote: > Following the further discussion of sorting issues and Jonathan's point > about ambiguity about using +nmu in the upstream_version of a native > package, I updated this some more (mostly by adding back in the language > that Charles had originally to be clearer; he understood the issue better > than I did!). Here's the current version of the patch, which drops the > +nmu convention for non-native packages. > > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index c1ff4b4..5e48292 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -3211,6 +3211,42 @@ Package: libc6 > </p> > > <p> > + The following special version numbering conventions are used: > + <list> > + <item> > + The absence of <var>debian_revision</var>, and therefore > + of a hyphen in the version number, indicates that the > + package is native. > + </item> > + <item> > + <var>debian_version</var> numbers ending in <tt>.</tt> debian_version → debian_revision > + followed by a number indicate this version of the > + non-native package was uploaded by someone other than the > + maintainer (an NMU or non-maintainer upload). This is > + used for a source package upload; for uploads of only > + binary packages without source changes, see the binary NMU > + convention below. > + </item> > + <item> > + <var>upstream_version</var> numbers in native packages > + ending in <tt>+nmu</tt> followed by a number indicate an > + NMU of a native package. As with the convention for > + non-native packages, this is used for a source package > + upload, not for uploads of only binary packages without > + source changes. > + </item> > + <item> > + <var>upstream_version</var> numbers in native packages > + or <var>debian_revision</var> numbers in non-native > + packages ending in <tt>+b</tt> followed by a number > + indicate a binary NMU: an upload of a binary package > + without any source changes and hence without any > + corresonding source package upload or version change. corresponding > + </item> > + </list> > + </p> > + > + <p> > When comparing two version numbers, first the <var>epoch</var> > of each are compared, then the <var>upstream_version</var> if > <var>epoch</var> is equal, and then <var>debian_revision</var> With those fixes, seconded. thanks, guillem
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