Paul Brossier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am working on packages from cvs upstream sources. How should I name
> their debian version ? I give a few examples below.
>
> Is there a spec for this somewhere ?
In the policy?
/usr/share/doc/debian-policy/policy.txt.gz
3.2.1. Version numbers based on dates
-------------------------------------
...
However, in some cases where the upstream version number is based
on a date (e.g., a development "snapshot" release) the package
management system cannot handle these version numbers without
epochs. For example, dpkg will consider "96May01" to be greater
than "96Dec24".
To prevent having to use epochs for every new upstream version, the
version number should be changed to the following format in such
cases: "19960501", "19961224". It is up to the maintainer whether
he/she wants to bother the upstream maintainer to change the
version numbers upstream, too.
...
Cheers,
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