> The upstream of zblast released 1.2 after he released 1.2pre. > The problem is that dpkg thinks 1.2 is older than 1.2pre. > So I asked him what I should do. He picked 1.2.1 for > the Debian package, saying "I very rarely use x.y.z > versions, and I've never used them for zblast." > > Did I do something wrong here? I don't think an epoch > is for such a case.
You could have used 1.1+1.2preX, or something like that. Or, you can use 1.2real or 1.2release, which sorts as newer than 1.2pre.
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