On 2009-12-18, Ben Finney <[email protected]> wrote: > Erik de Castro Lopo <[email protected]> writes: > >> The upstream version number is 0.5.2-rc3 which is invalid for a >> non-native package > > No, it's fine for the upstream version string to contain a hyphen. See > Debian policy ยง5.6.12., where the hyphen is explicitly listed as one of > the valid characters in the upstream version string component.
While that's true you shouldn't use a hyphen in this rc case, to ensure that 0.5.2 > 0.5.2~rc3. Kind regards, Philipp Kern -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
