On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. <b...@iguanasuicide.net> wrote: > In that case +dfsg would be fine (.dfsg is problematic is upstream decides > to release a 1.2.1), but you could change it to ~dfsg for the next upstream > release. > > While there are always exceptions, I use the following guidelines: > Reserve '.' and digits to upstream. Use + as a decoration when it a a > debian "addition" (e.g. pull from more recent VCS revision). Use ~ as a > decoration when it is a debian "removal" (e.g. DFSG cleaning). '~alphaN', > '~betaN' and '~rcN' conveniently sort the way they should, so you can use > $next_upstream_version followed by them or just treat them like VCS > snapshots.
Makes sense, thanks, Ludovico -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
