Bug#542288: debian-policy: Version numbering: native packages, NMU's, and binary only uploads

[Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>]

Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> writes:
>>>>>> "Russ" == Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> writes:

>     Russ> Here is an updated diff that documents the most
>     Russ> well-understood version conventions in the Debian archive.
>     Russ> More could certainly be added; this is just a first start that
>     Russ> addresses this specific bug.

>     Russ> This revised patch is less aggressive about defining native
>     Russ> packages to only mean packages with no existence external to
>     Russ> Debian.  I also found that we never define upstream, which
>     Russ> seems like a critical concept, so I added a definition to the
>     Russ> Definitions section.

> second.

Hi Sam,

Thanks for the review!  There's now a newer version of this diff adjusted
for a flaw that Simon pointed out.  It's sufficiently different from the
original diff that I don't want to count seconds for the original as
seconds for it.  It's at:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=542288#280

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