Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.1.1.0
Policy § 5.6.11, after describing the meaning of the digits in the
policy version, reads:
| Thus only the first three components of the policy version are
| significant in the Standards-Version control field, and so either
| these three components or all four components may be specified. [5]
Now, I've only got the impressions that packages should avoid using the
4th digit in their Standards-Version field, as that number has no
meaning when it comes to normative stuff. I've seen on IRC/MLs all kind
of comments saying that the 4th digit should be avoided, and most
packages avoid it indeed, but this wording in the policy makes me feel
like it's pretty much the same.
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Mattia Rizzolo
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