Michael Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 10:11:18AM +0200, Frank Küster wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm currently preparing an NMU for a package which, besides an RC bug, >> also has a bug in its last version number. The upstream version is >> 4.22, but after 4.22-2 the maintainer uploaded 4.22.3. >> >> What do you suggest to get back to a sane version number until there is >> a new upstream version 4.23 or higher? Is there a special letter like >> ~, but not "lower than anything", but "higher than anything? That would >> be great, it would just be appended to the 4.22. >> >> Otherwise, should I use 4.23~real.4.22-3.1 or similar beasts? Or just >> go for 4.22.3-0.1 and leave the decision to the maintainer? > > Or use an epoch: 1:4.22-3.1
Hm, I don't think it's polite to introduce an epoch in an NMU. Regards, Frank -- Dr. Frank Küster Single Molecule Spectroscopy, Protein Folding @ Inst. f. Biochemie, Univ. Zürich Debian Developer (teTeX/TeXLive)
