>>>>> "roberto" == Roberto C Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
roberto> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:47:39PM -0500, Adam Heath
roberto> wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Steve Langasek wrote:
>>
>> > On Thu, Jun 16, 2005 at 12:00:43AM +1000, Paul TBBle Hampson wrote:
>> > > I just wanted to confirm my recollection that now that
>> stable has been released > > with support for ~ in package
>> versions in dpkg and apt, we can now use ~ in > > package
>> versions for upload to the Debian archive.
>> >
>> > > Is this right, or have I misremembered?
>> >
>> > It was that such package versions could not be used *before*
>> sarge released, > not that they would be supported immediately
>> *after* the release; the change > has not yet been made to make
>> this possible for etch.
>>
>> Namely, as you told me on irc, that dak uses ~ internally as a
>> separator; this obviously conflicts with dpkg's use of it in
>> versions.
>>
>> So, to those wondering, this is more than just removing some
>> simple forbiddince check. It also requires not just completely
>> allowing it; ~ can only be allowed for uploads into testing and
>> unstable.
roberto> Doesn't that also make backporting packages to Sarge (if
roberto> they have ~ in the version) a bit more dicey?
Yes. But this can be workarounded changing it's version. Let's
take an example:
1.0~pre1 -> 0.99+1.0pre1
I don't see any problem on it.
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