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Bug#499167: developers-reference: please explain deb/debian/ds suffixes in versions



The convention seems to be documented in

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What_does_.2BIBw-dfsg.2BIB0_or_.2BIBw-ds.2BIB0_in_the_version_string_mean.3F

> “+dfsg.N” and “+ds.N“ are a conventional way of extending a version
> string, when the Debian package's upstream source tarball is actually
> different from the source released upstream. The former is used when
> upstream's source release contains elements that do not satisfy the
> Debian Free Software Guildelines (DFSG) and hence may not be distributed
> as source in the Debian system, the latter (standing for “Debian Source”)
> is used when the modification are for other non-DFSG reasons.

The text in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=774843 seems
to incorporate it.

--Daniel

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