On Wed, 04 Apr 2018 at 11:47:09 -0700, Sean Whitton wrote: > > ยง3.2.2 Uniqueness of version numbers > > > > The part of the version number after the epoch must not be reused for > > a version of the package with different contents once the package has > > been accepted into the archive, even if the version of the package > > previously using that part of the version number is no longer present > > in any archive suites. > > > > This uniqueness requirement applies to the version numbers of source > > packages and of binary packages, even if the source package producing > > a given binary package changes. Thus the version numbers which a > > binary package must not reuse includes the version numbers of any > > versions of the binary package ever accepted into the archive, under > > any source package. > > > > Additionally, for non-native packages, the upstream version must not > > be reused for different upstream source code, so that for each source > > package name and upstream version number there exists exactly one > > original source archive contents [reference to defintiion of that]. > > > > The reason for these restrictions is as follows. Epochs are not > > included in the names of the files that compose source packages, or in > > the filenames of binary packages, so reusing a version number, even if > > the epoch differs, results in identically named files with different > > contents. This can cause various problems. > > > > If you find yourself wanting to reuse the part of a version number > > after the epoch, you can just increment the Debian revision, which > > doesn't need to start at 1 or be consecutive.
Seconded, thanks.
