Hello, On 2011-12-16 10:51, Jonathan Nieder wrote: [...] > > It is optional; if it isn't present then the upstream_version > > may not contain a hyphen. [...] > After rereading it again, I think what was confusing me is that > I read the subject of this sentence as being <debian_revision>, rather > than the entire "-<debian_revision>" part. > > With the latter interpretation, it seems possible to view 6.0.0- as a > valid version number with debian_revision part present but an empty > <debian_revision>.
I agree it could be intepreted so, but I see no benefits in allowing trailing '-'. After all, it's just confusing. By the way, using this interpretation for epoch too, a version ':1.2.3' would be also correct? > Eugene, does this sound sensible to you? Any ideas for clarifying the > text either way? ... so, I would rather amend the policy explicitly forbidding this special case. -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, JID: jackyf.devel(maildog)gmail.com C++/Perl developer, Debian Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-dpkg-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111216205534.GA1018@r500-debian
