Bug#990822: debian-policy: Please document version scheme for derivatives
On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 05:11:45PM +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote:
> Package: debian-policy
> Version: 4.5.1.0
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> Paragraph 5.6.12. Version describes the version parts epoch,
> upstream_version, and debian_revision. But it does not describe how to
> use the Debian revision in Debian itself and in derivatives like Ubuntu.
>
> To make packages in derivatives work seamlessly with Debian, I propose
> following scheme (which is used in Ubuntu, in-house, and by me
> personally):
>
> The derivative selects a name for using in the debian_revision (e.g.
> Ubuntu uses "ubuntu", we use "ionos" in-house, and I use "bd" for
> personal builds). Then following rules apply:
>
> * no change in the package version when using the source package
> unmodified (e.g. 1.2-3)
This one is slightly annoying because it leads to two different binary
packages with identical filenames.
...
> Is the Debian policy the correct place to document that?
This is the issue. Of course policy can document what it wants, but it
does not have authority over non-Debian projects.
Cheers,
--
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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