Re: chapter 4 on version numbering doesn't mention ~ trick

2003-04-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 05:42:15PM +0200, J?r?me Marant wrote: > En r?ponse ? Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I think not, for instance because apt doesn't support it yet (see the > > changelog in http://people.debian.org/~doogie/apt/). ^ [

Re: chapter 4 on version numbering doesn't mention ~ trick

2003-04-24 Thread Jérôme Marant
En réponse à Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Am I free to use it? > > I think not, for instance because apt doesn't support it yet (see the > changelog in http://people.debian.org/~doogie/apt/). As I remember, > the > discussions surrounding the introduction of ~ wanted a stable release >

Re: chapter 4 on version numbering doesn't mention ~ trick

2003-04-24 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 12:33:12AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > Chapter 4 of policy 3.5.9.0 (version numbering) doesn't mention dpkg's > magic ~ character in version strings, which was implemented in June 2002 > (according to dpkg's changelog.Debian.gz.) > > In fact I couldn't find a single pack

Re: chapter 4 on version numbering doesn't mention ~ trick

2003-04-24 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-04-25 00:33]: > In fact I couldn't find a single package in unstable which is using it, > though I still see packages using the old ugly tricks like Samba's > 2.99+3.00alpha23 .. > > Am I free to use it? No, katie will reject such uploads because various

chapter 4 on version numbering doesn't mention ~ trick

2003-04-24 Thread Hamish Moffatt
Chapter 4 of policy 3.5.9.0 (version numbering) doesn't mention dpkg's magic ~ character in version strings, which was implemented in June 2002 (according to dpkg's changelog.Debian.gz.) In fact I couldn't find a single package in unstable which is using it, though I still see packages using the o