Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Native Debian packages (i.e., packages which have been written
> especially for Debian) whose version numbers include dates should
> always use the `YYYY-MM-DD' format.
That's a stunningly bad idea. From Chapter 5 of the Packaging manual:
| <upstream-version>
| This is the main part of the version. It is usually version
| number of the original (`upstream') package of which the `.deb'
| file has been made, if this is applicable. Usually this will be
| in the same format as that specified by the upstream author(s);
| however, it may need to be reformatted to fit into dpkg's format
| and comparison scheme.
|
| The comparison behaviour of dpkg with respect to the
| <upstream-version> is described below. The <upstream-version>
| portion of the version number is mandatory.
|
| The <upstream-version> may contain only alphanumerics and the
| characters `+' `.' `-' `:' (full stop, plus, hyphen, colon) and
| should start with a digit. If there is no <debian-revision> then
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| hyphens are not allowed; if there is no <epoch> then colons are
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| not allowed.
--
James
