On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 09:19:16AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:51:19 +0100, Dominic Hargreaves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > said: > > > Hi, I have packaged a piece of software [1] which uses a version > > number system which is not compatible with Debian's ordering. > > > The version numbers go like > 4.1 > 4.12 -> 4.1.2 > 4.2rc<n> -> 4.2~rc<n> > 4.2 > 4.21 -> 4.2.1 > (maybe 4.3) > > Mostly upstream compliant, modulo adding a period, no epochs, no > willing upstream required -- as long as upstream does not suddenly > change version numbering midstream.
Thanks for all the replies; I will let upstream know and package 4.21 as 4.2.1 (as it's already been released I it doesn't seem reasonable to expect that to change...) Dominic. -- Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/ PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
