Understanding versioning.

[Sthu Deus <sthu.deus@gmail.com>]

Good time of the day.


When I see this aptitude note:

[UPGRADE] libavcodec52 5:0.6.1+svn20101128-0.2squeeze2 -> 5:0.7.7-0.0

how do I interpret number "5:" in "5:0.6.1"?


Thanks for Your time.