Full quoting because you didn't cc the policy list when reassigning... On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 05:03:47 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote:
> reassign 620566 debian-policy > severity 620566 normal > tags 620566 patch > retitle 620566 Sync upstream version format with what dpkg accepts now > thanks > > On Sat, 2011-04-02 at 21:28:08 +0200, Christian Hofstaedtler wrote: > > Package: dpkg > > Version: 1.16.0 > > Severity: important > > Tags: sid > > > dpkg 1.16.0 appears to refuse to install packages which have a Version: > > field which does not start with a digit. > > This is in line with the recent changes to properly parse and validate > the data dpkg has to handle. > > > The Debian policy currently states: > > The upstream_version may contain only alphanumerics[33] and the > > characters . + - : ~ (full stop, plus, hyphen, colon, tilde) and *should* > > start with a digit. > > > > I don't see why this would forbid versions starting with an > > anlphanumeric character. > > Well, while I generally agree dpkg does not need to be as strict as > policy when it might make sense to be laxer outside Debian, in this > case I don't see the point in allowing the version to start with an > alphabetic character. This is an interface other software rely on, > and expect it to be as specified, so making sure dpkg validates and > disallows bogus values seems the correct thing to do. > I don't see the point in disallowing these versions in dpkg, they won't cause any problem anywhere, they're just discouraged by policy... Maybe we want dak to forbid them, but that's a different thing. > > Either dpkg should again install packages with such Version: fields, or > > the policy should be changed to reflect this new requirement. > > Then I guess this is a request to change the ‘should’ to a ‘must’. > Attached patch against policy master. > > thanks, > guillem > diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml > index 6e04c81..ed10580 100644 > --- a/policy.sgml > +++ b/policy.sgml > @@ -3125,7 +3125,7 @@ Package: libc6 > </footnote> > and the characters <tt>.</tt> <tt>+</tt> <tt>-</tt> > <tt>:</tt> <tt>~</tt> (full stop, plus, hyphen, colon, > - tilde) and should start with a digit. If there is no > + tilde) and must start with a digit. If there is no > <var>debian_revision</var> then hyphens are not allowed; > if there is no <var>epoch</var> then colons are not > allowed. Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110403081647.ga29...@radis.liafa.jussieu.fr
