Bug#1088443: debian-policy: Recommend Debian package version format when upstream has no releases

2024-11-27 Thread Andrey Rakhmatullin
On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 01:11:14PM -0800, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Found: 4.7.0.1 > > I would like to suggest the Debian Policy to recommend a specific > Debian package version string scheme in cases where upstream has no > releases, but they do have git commit ids to refe

Bug#1088443: debian-policy: Recommend Debian package version format when upstream has no releases

2024-11-27 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
Package: debian-policy Found: 4.7.0.1 I would like to suggest the Debian Policy to recommend a specific Debian package version string scheme in cases where upstream has no releases, but they do have git commit ids to refer to: *** In case your upstream does not use version numbers, the Debian pac

Bug#1088443: debian-policy: Recommend Debian package version format when upstream has no releases

2024-11-27 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
> Please recommend only putting this information into the changelog entry. > It has no place in the version value. Sorry, I don't understand, can you elaborate? In the case of say for example canid 0.0~git20180613.007c9af-2, which part of this version string do you think does not belong there and

Bug#1088443: debian-policy: Recommend Debian package version format when upstream has no releases

2024-11-27 Thread Andrey Rakhmatullin
On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 05:07:16PM -0800, Otto Kekäläinen wrote: > > Please recommend only putting this information into the changelog entry. > > It has no place in the version value. > > Sorry, I don't understand, can you elaborate? > > In the case of say for example canid 0.0~git20180613.007c9a

Bug#1088443: debian-policy: Recommend Debian package version format when upstream has no releases

2024-11-27 Thread Otto Kekäläinen
> The commit hash. 007c9af. OK, thanks. I disagree here - to me the git commit hash is the single most important identifier for the software version if there are no actual releases.