Bug#542288: Version numbering: native packages, NMU's, and binary only uploads
On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 05:09:34PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Russ Allbery wrote:
>
> > A scheme that would always satisfy this would be to use +<letter><version>
> > for stable/security updates where <version> is the Debian version being
> > targeted similar to how that's done for backports (so 50 for lenny or 60
> > for squeeze), and <letter> is some letter between b and n. (Alternately,
> > we could use a different convention for NMUs than +nmu, but that's so
> > self-explanatory that it would be nice to stick with it.)
>
> Interesting. +d60 for "Debian 6.0". :)
>
> What happens when there are more than 10 updates for a single Debian
> version? Maybe that's not worth worrying about --- such a package is
> either horribly buggy or should be using a more sensible versioning
> scheme (e.g., ia32-libs and clamav-data just use the date).
Given that this is part of a version number, why aren't we just using
+d6.0 and letting dpkg handle it?
Regards,
Roger
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