Bug#542288: Version numbering: native packages, NMU's, and binary only uploads

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Roger Leigh <rleigh@codelibre.net> writes:
> On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 05:09:34PM -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote:

>> 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?

Because the period will make various programs think that it's an NMU, so
it's not as backwards compatible.

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Russ Allbery (rra@debian.org)               <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>