On Tue, 18 Aug 2009, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Given these, I read this as letting the tools rely on > the following invariants, even though these are not explicitly spelled > out in so many words in policy: > > 1) If there is a - in the version number, then the package is > non-native > a) the upstream version is the part of the string until the last > '-' in the version number > b) there is a .orig.tar.gz and > c) diff.gz referenced in the .dsc > > 2) If there is no '-' in the version number, then the package is a > debian native package > a) there is no debian revision, all the version number is the > upstream version number > b) there is a tar.gz and no diff.gz in the .dsc file
(1) is not necessarily true in the case of NMUs of native packages.[1] The only way to tell if a package is native or not is to inspect the .dsc. [So long as the as-yet-to-be-proposed wording is clear on this, it should be a big deal.] That said, the rest looks reasonable, but it would probably be useful to make sure that we're actually representing current practice. Don Armstrong 1: I've personally made a at least one of these before I was aware of the +nmu1 option. -- Three little words. (In descending order of importance.) I love you -- hugh macleod http://www.gapingvoid.com/graphics/batch35.php http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
