debian, package and other version info

[Petra Kabayo <petrakabs@yahoo.com>]

Hi,

 

I'm trying to discern the versioning info being used. Take this mysql bug report:

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=369735

 

Says fixed in version mysql-server-4.1/4.1.11a-4sarge4. I figure "4.1/4.1.11a" is the mysql version number, and "4sarge4" is specific to Debian? But what do the numbers before and after "sarge" signify? When is the number before/after incremented? ie when do we get 5sarge4 or 4sarge5? Can I assume that mysql-server-4.1/4.1.11a-5sarge4 or mysql-server-4.1/4.1.11a-4sarge5 would already contain the same fixes?

 

Thanks!

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