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Bug#784244: developers-reference: suffix +deb8u1 is for stable uploads, even if they are not a NMU



Package: developers-reference
Version: 3.4.14
Tags: patch

The way I read the IRC logs in Bug#685646, suffixes like +deb8u1
are the preferred version numbering scheme for any upload to stable,
regardless of them being Non Maintainer Uploads or Maintainer Uploads.

The current text says "NMU" which is a little bit confusing.

A simple way to fix this would be to simply use the "upload" word
instead of NMU, as in the following patch:

diff --git a/developers-reference-3.4.14/pkgs.dbk b/developers-reference-3.4.14/pkgs.dbk
index 5a34b95..2daf418 100644
--- a/developers-reference-3.4.14/pkgs.dbk
+++ b/developers-reference-3.4.14/pkgs.dbk
@@ -2157,9 +2157,9 @@ this, a version of the form
 <literal>+deb<replaceable>X</replaceable>u<replaceable>Y</replaceable></literal>
 should be used, where <replaceable>X</replaceable> is the major release number,
 and <replaceable>Y</replaceable> is a counter starting at <literal>1</literal>.
-For example, while Wheezy (Debian 7.0) is stable, a security NMU to stable for
+For example, while Wheezy (Debian 7.0) is stable, a security upload to stable for
 a package at version <literal>1.5-3</literal> would have version
-<literal>1.5-3+deb7u1</literal>, whereas a security NMU to Jessie would get
+<literal>1.5-3+deb7u1</literal>, whereas a security upload to Jessie would get
 version <literal>1.5-3+deb8u1</literal>.
 </para>
 </section>


Thanks.


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