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Bug#971023: Version field (5.6.12) and colons



control: tag -1 + pending

Hello,

On Mon 09 Nov 2020 at 12:12PM +01, 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 see what you mean, but typically we ask for seconds for clarifications
to previous normative changes, just in case someone has a different
normative interpretation of the clarification.  Anyway, thanks for
reviewing.

-- 
Sean Whitton

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