Stefano Rivera <stefanor@debian.org> (2015-03-10):
> Control: tags -1 + patch
>
> Here's a patch, implementing this change.
>
> I just proposed a t-p-u upload, following the scheme in dev-ref, and was
> reprimanded :)
>
> SR
>
> --
> Stefano Rivera
> http://tumbleweed.org.za/
> +1 415 683 3272
> diff --git a/pkgs.dbk b/pkgs.dbk
> index 5a34b95..a21c24b 100644
> --- a/pkgs.dbk
> +++ b/pkgs.dbk
> @@ -2741,11 +2741,11 @@ updates through <literal>unstable</literal> are possible, if the upload via
> <literal>unstable</literal> does not pull in any new dependencies.
> </para>
> <para>
> -Version numbers are usually selected by adding the codename of the
> -<literal>testing</literal> distribution and a running number, like
> -<literal>1.2squeeze1</literal> for the first upload through
> -<literal>testing-proposed-updates</literal> of package version
> -<literal>1.2</literal>.
> +Version numbers are usually selected by appending
> +<literal>+deb</literal><replaceable>X</replaceable><literal>u1</literal>,
^^
This should be uY instead.
> +where <replaceable>X</replaceable> is the major release number and
> +<replaceable>Y</replaceable> is a counter starting at <literal>1</literal>.
> +e.g. <literal>1:2.4.3-4+deb8u1</literal>.
“Major release number” looks slightly ambiguous to me, I would have
thought about 1:2.4.3 instead of 1:2.4.3-4 in the example.
Other than that, the patch looks like a good idea.
Mraw,
KiBi.
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