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Bug#971023: Version field (5.6.12) and colons



On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 12:12:18PM +0100, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 01:01:28PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> > diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> > index 0d7a3e9..a21a510 100644
> > --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> > +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> > @@ -552,8 +552,7 @@ The three components here are:
> > 
> >  ``epoch``
> >      This is a single (generally small) unsigned integer. It may be
> > -    omitted, in which case zero is assumed. If it is omitted then the
> > -    ``upstream_version`` may not contain any colons.
> > +    omitted, in which case zero is assumed.
> > 
> >      Epochs can help when the upstream version numbering scheme
> >      changes, but they must be used with care.  You should not change
> I don't consider this a normative change tbh (after the previous change
> already forbidding multiple colons).
> If it's really needed, consider it seconded by me.

I second the diff and what Mattia said.


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