Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Sun, 03 Apr 2011, Russ Allbery wrote: >> My inclination is to second this, but I want to make sure that we've >> answered your and Julien's objections first. > > And for complete reference, dpkg accepts those version in > /var/lib/dpkg/status (so that dpkg still works for users with affected > packages installed) but will not a accept to install a .deb with a bad > version anymore.
One possibility would be to mandate in policy that: 1. upstream_version must start with a digit; 2. package management tools should accept an upstream_version that does not start with a digit. But that would be somewhat confusing in my opinion, and it might be hard to sell (2) as something that belongs in policy. If there were a separate packaging system manual, life would be easier. Lacking that, I can see the potential value of dpkg validating the packages it installs (though it's painful). -- 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/20110404072325.GA12489@elie
