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- Subject: debian-policy: Documenting special version number suffixes
- From: Christoph Biedl <debian.axhn@manchmal.in-ulm.de>
- Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 19:15:57 +0100
- Message-id: <1483985583@msgid.manchmal.in-ulm.de>
Package: debian-policy Severity: normal [ "version" is a horrible search term, hopefully I did not miss any other report about this. ] Hello, Over time, several suffixes to version numbers have evolved to denote uploads outside the regular, incremental upload to unstable. In my opinion the policy should state these suffixes must not be used unless the particular condition is met, but are mandatory then. The main reason is several tools rely on these semantics and will likely result in unpredictable behaviour if the assumption does not hold. So a proposal to add to "5.6.12 Version", perhaps as "5.6.12.1 Special suffixes to version numbers" ============================================================== There are several suffixes for special situations. Version numbers must end in the strings as below if and only if the given condition is met: +nmu<num> Non-maintainer upload for native packages .<num> Non-maintainer upload for non-native packages +b<num> Binary NMU +deb<num1>u<num2> Update in the given (num1) stable distribution, through a stable security or a point release update. +wheezy<num> Older form of the previous item. ~deb<num1>+<num2> Backport to the given (num1) distribution. ============================================================== The "+wheezy<num>" may be removed after EOL wheezy plus a long grace period, so perhaps in 2020. Also, I wouldn't mind to document some suffixes used downstream, especially Ubuntu who have sometime "-u<num>"-ish. But I'm not aware of their schema in the details. Regards, ChristophAttachment: signature.asc
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- Subject: Bug#850729: fixed in debian-policy 4.6.1.0
- From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>
- Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 18:34:42 +0000
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- Reply-to: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name>
Source: debian-policy Source-Version: 4.6.1.0 Done: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive. A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 850729@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> (supplier of updated debian-policy package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 Format: 1.8 Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 11:02:59 -0700 Source: debian-policy Architecture: source Version: 4.6.1.0 Distribution: unstable Urgency: medium Maintainer: Debian Policy Editors <debian-policy@lists.debian.org> Changed-By: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> Closes: 542288 850729 992601 998063 999566 999826 1008480 Changes: debian-policy (4.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=medium . * Policy: Allow non-64-bit packages to install to /usr/lib64 Wording: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> Seconded: Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Closes: #992601 * Policy: Define 'upstream' & document several version conventions Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Seconded: Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> Seconded: Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> Closes: #542288, #850729 * virtual-package-names-list: Add {default,}dbus-system-bus (Closes: #998063). Thanks to Simon McVittie for the patch. * Update 9.7.2 and 9.7.3 for package split of bin:mime-support into bin:media-types and bin:mailcap (Closes: #1008480). Thanks to Charles Plessy for the patch. . * Fix several problems with footnote regarding the autobuilders and build dependency alternatives (Closes: #999826). Thanks to Johannes Schauer Marin Rodrigues for the report and patch. * Use syntax highlighting for some source code blocks (Closes: #999566). Thanks to Stéphane Blondon for the patch. Checksums-Sha1: b5b8adf3e63f837bd4e7f10966ea628804945523 2052 debian-policy_4.6.1.0.dsc b3e6266ce34faad023c9d9b49f3228c46fc83588 550664 debian-policy_4.6.1.0.tar.xz Checksums-Sha256: 185cf49f72fe10b84910d71fa58bd0c68d513e530deca11fcce3cb7a5533a852 2052 debian-policy_4.6.1.0.dsc 144dfe25e5f519c9855f52934a46e26e46b5fd818a8e45c6debf605a0a87b323 550664 debian-policy_4.6.1.0.tar.xz Files: 776ca729f5aadaa9e413daa6a7afc80b 2052 doc optional debian-policy_4.6.1.0.dsc 0d0d9cad654b4a67eb059b268ace0b9b 550664 doc optional debian-policy_4.6.1.0.tar.xz -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCgAdFiEEm5FwB64DDjbk/CSLaVt65L8GYkAFAmJ7/L0ACgkQaVt65L8G YkCpXhAAjc79jrGUfPW/b7zN5e0yqKZ88saXAEMOR+pclGFrP0og5n9F77YWfBjQ H7y8darnOwnFcYONYawAMxYzdHKKTJwYuQpZk8rfsfrSLXbK0keoI4Wl1L7hFSGZ q3g58gDLvVIgaT+kCfS/biyD7B6sf2UyOy/E8pg1Y/8HAf/oTM1yxXlbM5X73uzy bGSSWslurDnZKsMgyYR2RsWBcAqkvCqGuIUll0vOamznMExd0o7Q3Z/gAarnT7p0 p8w6TY+tFVdyXk1ZkkXnzJMonJednIdjF9lfyKDoxu9e24RUVn4Pf0ZFHG5HDLug aSqC9nsPT0XTvs5s9OpRY3YHlTf8RnC2MLSneop05gCGs8mOP/EyyfrUz/CERzv2 j4BjydCX5zQK+Jk2TADnnEHYrmeLvMqQXQHn0AmwDJRtZE07XZ3JLrwtUbckYBZk 5ApmXIFGxE5upGj7kKuixX+235DHzvXvasa4mcKmTpldlk5KdbNeSwBuSf6lQX3Z Vh8rfLSCMvO64KZTijPSNj1sbDmqQ5vkzMp3bzCUYL22qE3T8jRqSwaSZ7cAni7G KaDqq5wPotK6N1GqeGHGT24wVDIDfJT159li7eyNoSIElXLdNeKqaEMxGspw9yWJ ew/mCHDoLkNNRRuwg8ei90Whl50qQenbDyG14PLXy8JbKzM+tmM= =reXG -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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