Quoting Dominik George (2013-10-02 16:39:09) > Wookey <woo...@wookware.org> schrieb: >>+++ Dominik George [2013-10-02 16:23 +0200]: >>> >>>>0~YYYYMMDD >>>> >>>> should be fine. >>> >>> It isn't, it is not a unique identifier for the one "release" you >>> are packaging. >> >> No, but it can be a sufficient identifier so long as you don't make >> more than one release a day. >> >> Which exact tag/branch/hash/whatever was used for the orig tarball >> can be recorded elsewhere in the release. It doesn't have to go in >> the version number - that's a decision for the packager. >> >> Wookey > > From a power-user point of view, I want to see what version of a > package is in Debian by looking through the package lists, without > having to download the source package or some other awkward steps. > > A packager might package a 3 year old commit now, and use today's date > as version. You see that it does not serve identifying upstream > version in any way, it's just a useless piece of information.
A packager is not required to serve users with such specific needs. That said, I recommend to use the date of newest commit, not packaging date. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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