Steve Langasek wrote:
> 
> Native packages do get binNMUed; anna was recently binNMUed on several archs
> in response to the ldbl symbol skew, so there are now 1.27+b1 packages in
> the archive for alpha, powerpc, s390, and sparc.  So no dash being added to
> the version number, as none is needed, and in any case the binNMU handling
> that was spec'ed out wouldn't recognize a package as a binNMU if there were
> anything more than '+b<n>' added to the sourceful version number.
> (Although, 1.27+b1 sorts after 1.27-0.1, so you can't NMU a native package
> with this version scheme that has previously been binNMUed...)
> 
I suggest to use +nmu1, this would solve most of the problems.
+nmu1 is greater than +b1 and it can be used for native and non-native
packages.

The policy should mention NMUs.

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