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Re: package versions with snapshots/branch updates



Hi,

On 30-05-16 09:42, Rene Engelhard wrote:
> On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 12:40:32PM +0500, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote:
>> On Sun, May 29, 2016 at 12:00:28AM +0200, Rene Engelhard wrote:
>>>>> e.g. if you have a package 1.0 and add a complete branch update as a patch
>>>>> (or upgrade to a snapshot) one should do a 1.0+gitYYYDDMM-1 or whatever format
>>>>> you choose. Not 1.0-15 or so.
>>>> Here the question is "if you package unreleased changes, should they go to
>>>> orig.tar or to debian.tar, am I right?
>>> It boils down to that, but it's not that strict. I just want the version
>>> of the package be correct.
>> Yeah, and my point is "what version is correct one"? :)
> 
> It depends on the circumstance:
> 
> 1.0+gitYYYMMDD-1 or ~rXXXX or so or 1.1~gitYYYMMDD-1 or 1.1~rc-1 or whataver.
> 
> In my gcc example this should have clearly been 5.4.0~rc1-1 instead of 5.3.1-21.
> if it 's actually 5.4.0 rc1.

Just one data point. Several times already my Debian patches triggered a
new upstream release. Now what is the correct version number?

Paul

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