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 derivatives work seamlessly with Debian, I propose following scheme (which is used in Ubuntu, in-house, and by me personally): The derivative selects a name for using in the debian_revision (e.g. Ubuntu uses "ubuntu", we use "ionos" in-house, and I use "bd" for personal builds). Then following rules apply: * no change in the package version when using the source package unmodified (e.g. 1.2-3) * Add <derivative>X to the Debian package version starting with X=1 and incrementing X on every new upload when the source package is modified (e.g. 1.2-3ubuntu1) * If the upstream version is not packaged for Debian yet, use 0<derivative>X as debian_revision with X=1 and incrementing X on every new upload (e.g. 1.3-0ubuntu1). * If the Debian package is backported to an older derivative and needs changes for it, add ~<derivative>X to the debian_revision (e.g. 1.2-3~bd1). Is the Debian policy the correct place to document that? -- Benjamin Drung Senior DevOps Engineer and Debian & Ubuntu Developer Compute Platform Operations 1&1 IONOS SE | Greifswalder Str. 207 | 10405 Berlin | Deutschland E-Mail: benjamin.dr...@ionos.com | Web: www.ionos.de Hauptsitz Montabaur, Amtsgericht Montabaur, HRB 24498 Vorstand: Hüseyin Dogan, Dr. Martin Endreß, Claudia Frese, Henning Kettler, Arthur Mai, Matthias Steinberg, Achim Weiß Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Markus Kadelke Member of United Internet
