Hi,
> This would not constitute any sort of rejection for which maintainers of
> packages would need to be concerned. It does not mean anyone's
> practices should change.
>
> It does not mean that there is no policy (lowercase 'p') for these
> version strings in Debian.
What I am trying to express here is that I filed this for Policy
inclusion specifically due to the normative status, so I can write for
example a Lintian check for it.
I am not requesting documentation on the topic to be written - that
can be done separately and the request for documentation would have
different contents, and probably a patch with specific contents for
the Developers Reference and not a bug report at all since only the
Policy updates require bug reports to be used.
My intent here was to suggest specifically that the version of form
0.0~git20130606.b00ec39-1 would be elevated as the Policy recommended
form, as it makes sense and is already most popular.
All version control referencing version strings:
± grep --only-matching -P "^Version:
.*(commmit|git|hg|svn|darcs|csv|dev).*" Packages | sort | uniq | wc
-l
1818
~30% using this exact format already:
± grep --only-matching -P "^Version:
[0-9.]+~git[0-9]{8}\.[0-9a-f]{5,9}-.*" Packages | sort | uniq | wc -l
665
For reference as list of related version strings in current unstable:
± grep --only-matching -P "^Version:
.*(commmit|git|hg|svn|darcs|csv|dev).*" Packages | sort | uniq
Version: 00.01.02+git20170220.e6d2e9b+dfsg-5
Version: 0.0.0+2016.01.15.git.29cc9e1b05-2+b14
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Version: 0.0.0~git200730-1.1+b1
Version: 0.0.0+git20130306.9fc39e0-4
Version: 0.0.0+git.2014.09.15.7d6d7bd7eb-5
Version: 0.0.0+git.2014.12.04.eb4090f265-3
Version: 0.0.0-git20150806-9+b2
Version: 0.0.0+git.20180227.3a1d648-1
Version: 0.0.0+git20180419-2.1
Version: 0.0.0+git20180914.61c9d02e-2+b5
Version: 0.0.0~git2019.06.13-2
Version: 0.0.0~git20210103-1+b2
Version: 0.0.0+git20210107.1933e76f-1
Version: 0.0.0+git.2021.03.30.1a3320dab9-3
Version: 0.0.0+git.20220602.a2552c5-2
Version: 0.0.0+git.20220602.a2552c5-2+b1
Version: 0.0.0~git20220912.a15b489-2
Version: 0.0.0~git20230215.21a85fe-1+b1
Version: 0.0.0.svn147-2+b1
Version: 0.0.0+svn4922-1
Version: 0.0.0+svn654-1
Version: 0.0.10-rc5+git20230513+d3e6d4f-2
Version: 0.0.12-rc5+git20230513+5581005-1
Version: 0.0.13~git20230419+dfsg-3
Version: 0.016+git20210310.42d4f9f2-1
Version: 0.0.19+git20140108.7211484-6
Version: 0.0.1+git20160123.62.889391d-1.1
Version: 0.0.1+git20161023.60.deb8c38-1.2
Version: 0.0.1+git20170413.ccd079d-3
Version: 0.0.1+git20170705.2c962ac-4
Version: 0.0.1+git20190125.bfd5418-1+b2
Version: 0.0.1+git20190125.c83d1e9-2.1+b1
Version: 0.0.1+git20190320.5ae3a3e-3.6
Version: 0.0.1+git20190830.eec2864-3+b2
Version: 0.0.1+git20191219.98458ce-3+b2
Version: 0.0.1+git20201202.1b6eddf-1.2+b2
Version: 0.0.1+git20230914.4b4cd3b-2.1
Version: 0.0.1+git20240726+ds-1
Version: 0.0.20051227svn-13+b1
Version: 0.0+20140524.git7dcd86-4+b1
Version: 0.0+20190501.git986658-6
Version: 0.0.2+git20130809.8062ee1-4+b2
Version: 0.0.2+git20161004.f62483c-3
Version: 0.0.2+git20170626.21.b2862e3-4
Version: 0.0.2+git20170626.21.b2862e3-4+b3
Version: 0.0.2+git20190404.eea2584-3
Version: 0.0.2~git20230904.39efe44+dfsg1-2
Version: 0.0.2+git20241118.fd50624-1
Version: 0.0.3~git20120910.1519bfe-4
Version: 0.0.3~git20131224.f3c78ba-3
Version: 0.0.4+git34dfe43-4
Version: 0.0.6+git20140421.b3a423f-4
Version: 0.0.6+git20230504.1ba7d5a0-1
Version: 0.07.2.svn396+dfsg-18
Version: 0.07z+git20201202+bb7c3f8-2.1
Version: 0.0.8-rc5+git20230513+afc4a5f-1
Version: 0.0+git200150803-6+b2
Version: 0.0+git20090728.a936bacf-8+b1
Version: 0.0~git20120228.dcc0709-2
Version: 0.0~git20120716-4
Version: 0.0~git20121217.1dbdf83-3
Version: 0.0~git20121221.f1c21dd-3
Version: 0.0~git20130314.0.01d012b-2.1
Version: 0.0~git20130427.0.53be0d3+dfsg-7
Version: 0.0~git20130605.792643-5
Version: 0.0~git20130607.0.96e4ba3-3
Version: 0.0~git20130702.0.ac974c6-6
Version: 0.0~git20130720.0.c70c1f2-1.1
Version: 0.0~git20130729.604e922-4
Version: 0.0~git20130729.9e5f7f4-3
Version: 0.0+git20130823.de420fa-3
Version: 0.0~git20130923.0.a98ad7e-3
Version: 0.0~git20131003.0.24d7ef3-4.1
Version: 0.0~git20131221.0.179d4d0-5
Version: 0.0~git20140119-2
Version: 0.0~git20140120-3
Version: 0.0~git20140121-4
Version: 0.0~git20140218.13f4951-4
Version: 0.0.git20140301-6+b15
Version: 0.0~git20140312.0.f693c7e-2.1
Version: 0.0~git20140401.3eca13d-1.1
Version: 0.0~git20140412.0.ecf753e-2
Version: 0.0~git20140419.0.cca7078-1.1
Version: 0.0~git20140422.9fd32a8-1
Version: 0.0~git20140508-5
Version: 0.0~git20140515.f408b00-1.1
Version: 0.0~git20140617205143.9758f70-4
Version: 0.0~git20140626.e9e8d98-3
Version: 0.0~git20140818.0.3dcccbd-2
Version: 0.0~git20140819-2
Version: 0.0~git20140829.066b75c-2
Version: 0.0+git20140929.e5b585a-6
Version: 0.0~git20141007.0.ecd9b78-5.1
Version: 0.0~git20141008.0.6352e00-7
Version: 0.0~git20141008.0.7a24ed7-9
Version: 0.0~git20141013.ed2d14c-3
Version: 0.0~git20141024.0.dd63297-8
Version: 0.0~git20141208-4
Version: 0.0~git20141208.c03a2fa-3
Version: 0.0~git20141217.14bf14c-4
Version: 0.0~git20141217.69aee45-3
Version: 0.0~git20141218.2.4bc0091+dfsg1-4.1
Version: 0.0~git20150106.0.6724a57-2.1
Version: 0.0~git20150107.0.dcfedd5-4.1
Version: 0.0~git20150109-3
Version: 0.0~git20150115.0.2404f77+dfsg-5
Version: 0.0~git20150121.0.ab3940c-1.1
Version: 0.0~git20150214.0.9440f19-2.1
Version: 0.0~git20150214.217e25f-4
Version: 0.0~git20150225.0.68e9c06-4
Version: 0.0~git20150304-2
Version: 0.0~git20150311-3+b2
...
(truncated)
...
Version: 3.0.0~20240125git1200598-1
Version: 3.0.0~20240125git1200598-1+b2
Version: 3.0.0~3.13.1~git20230831-2
Version: 3.0.0+git13-g7f7ad47-1+b2
Version: 3.0.0+git20171022.9aa4983-2
Version: 3.0.0+git6-0.6
Version: 3.0.10+git20130108.4ca41f4-1
Version: 3.0.1+git.20120229.bda06a3f-2
Version: 3.0.1+gitdb9e868-2
Version: 3.04~git20220826.cda2db4+dfsg-2+b1
Version: 3.04+git20240613-1+b1
Version: 3.0.7+git.20130130.97b34ece.REALLY.1.0.3-3
Version: 3.0.7+git20151023.72.a0ff256-4
Version: 3.0.7+git20151023.72.a0ff256-4+b11
Version: 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6
Version: 3.0+git20190531-13.1+b5
Version: 3.0~git20221205.d588019+dfsg-1.1
Version: 3.0+git20230924.1bbce67-2
Version: 3.0+git91419a7-2
Version: 3.0+svn80-5
Version: 3.10.3+git20180306-1.1+b2
Version: 3.1.0+git20160608.605b357+~cs0.6.2-2
Version: 3.11.92+git20230129.d59dc92f-1+b2
Version: 3.13.1~git20230831-2
Version: 3.14.1630+git20240609.adc080d-1
Version: 3.14~alpha0+svn3576-2
Version: 3.1.5+git20210713.6e53b66-2
Version: 3:1.6.0+git20230823.8dce1e3-2
Version: 3.17.4~next.0~1.0.0~git20230424.1320922-3
Version: 3.1+git20160228.0.41961ce-1.1
Version: 3.1+git20221204-2
Version: 3.20+git20240209.8710add+dfsg2-1
Version: 3.2.2+git20220101+07e6509cc6bf-2
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Version: 3.2.5~3.13.1~git20230831-2
Version: 327+git20240901-1
Version: 3.2+git20231203-2
Version: 3.3.0+really3.3+git20241031.d00c062-1
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Version: 3.43~svn170+dfsg-7
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Version: 3.5+git20160707.1.e46042e-1+b3
Version: 3:6.04~git20190206.bf6db5b4+dfsg1-3
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Version: 3.6.3~git20240930.c00f2a8-1
Version: 3.6+svn162-6
Version: 3.6+svn162-6+b1
Version: 3.7.0+git20240706-1+b1
Version: 3.9~git20240323.74d54fc-1+b4
Version: 4.004+git20190612-2
Version: 4.0.0+git20211227.5af5945b-2
Version: 4.0.0~git20221204.b897975-1
Version: 4.0.0+svn18614-1
Version: 4.0+git20190508.81d064c-4
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Version: 4.13.0+git83-g91970fe-1
Version: 4.17.8~git20230417213433.6dab069+ds1-3
Version: 4.1+git200714-1
Version: 4~20181115+git4793b074-2
Version: 4.2.29.dev-1
Version: 4.3.0+git20221007.a3a1cc6-3
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Version: 4.3.1~git20240304.46037e5-1
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Version: 4.5.1+git230720-5
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Version: 4.9.12~4.17.8~git20230417213433.6dab069+ds1-3
Version: 4~git20230906.795fba0-2
Version: 4+svn20090216-4+b1
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Version: 5.0~git20230712.81e08ee+dfsg-3+b1
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Version: 5.1.0+git20150707-11
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Version: 5.1.2+git20221018.fdd53fe-1.1
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Version: 6.0+git20231212.4510c28+dfsg-3+b2
Version: 6.0+git20231212.5a852ed-2
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Version: 7.0.0+git20200316.f0a03a4b-1+b6
Version: 7.3.3+dfsg1-1+0.0~git20240826.db34745+dfsg-2
Version: 7.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-8
Version: 7+svn20110807-5
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Version: 8.2.0~next.0~1.0.0~git20230424.1320922-3
Version: 8.61+git20231015.c8ad982-6
Version: 9.0.0+git20221119-2
Version: 9.0.0+git20240131.6081731+dfsg-2
