On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 11:22 -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > "Adam D. Barratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Sun, 2008-03-16 at 09:06 +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: [...] > >> Good idea. Even better, IMO, would be to use a system which is in > >> line with non-native packages. How about this rule: > > [using X.1] > >> IMO this solution is slightly better than +nmu1, because it makes > >> versions of native and non-native packages more uniformly mangled. > >> However, any solution is better than no solution. :-) > > > > That does seem the most logical suggestion thus far. > > I dislike this approach because it makes it impossible for tools like > Lintian to recognize NMUs of native packages and perform other > NMU-specific checks (such as making sure an appropriate changelog entry is > present). There's no way of knowing whether a native package with a > version number of 1.2.1 is an NMU or not.
Indeed. Luk already pointed out on irc that this is the (or at least a) reason .1 wasn't suggested by DevRef. > I like the +nmuN approach. devscripts 2.10.19 including +nmuN was uploaded earlier this evening. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
