Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Hi, > > I've just started http://wiki.debian.net/SoftwarePackaging, intended to > collect thoughts of packagers how upstream developers can make the life of > a packager easier.
The idea sounds good. However, > I'm sure all packagers have wondered about "brain-dead" upstream developers > who have not put much thought into how their software might be distributed > in a pre-compiled/pre-configured package. Please do not use language like "brain-dead" in the text of this page. What will an upstream developer think if I point him to a page with "some useful information" and he finds himself called "brain-dead" - by you and, because I told him to read it, by me? An other point could be "Use sensible version numbering": - Most importantly, take care that newer versions have a higher value in alphanumeric comparisons than older versions. I know a project where 0.92-1, 0.92-2, 0.92-3 were the release candidates for 0.92... - Make clear which version numbers correspond to development versions/branches, and which are for releases - Make clear which versions indicate a major release, and which only a bugfix release (if the project was first released with 0.1, and had 0.2, 0.3... afterwards, then 1.0 to 1.1 is probably a major release, not just a bugfix release of 1.0) Regards, Frank -- Frank Küster Inst. f. Biochemie der Univ. Zürich Debian Developer
