Bug#990822: debian-policy: Please document version scheme for derivatives

2021-07-08 Thread Sean Whitton
Hello, On Thu 08 Jul 2021 at 05:11PM +02, Benjamin Drung wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.5.1.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > Paragraph 5.6.12. Version describes the version parts epoch, > upstream_version, and debian_revision. But it does not describe how to > use the Debian revis

Bug#990822: debian-policy: Please document version scheme for derivatives

2021-07-08 Thread Bill Allombert
On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 05:11:45PM +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 4.5.1.0 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > Paragraph 5.6.12. Version describes the version parts epoch, > upstream_version, and debian_revision. But it does not describe how to > use the Debian revis

Bug#990822: debian-policy: Please document version scheme for derivatives

2021-07-08 Thread Benjamin Drung
Package: debian-policy Version: 4.5.1.0 Severity: wishlist Hi, Paragraph 5.6.12. Version describes the version parts epoch, upstream_version, and debian_revision. But it does not describe how to use the Debian revision in Debian itself and in derivatives like Ubuntu. To make packages in derivati