Hi, I want to know about the best practice of +dfsg and +ds extension. As far as I know, it is not well documented as a policy or devref.
In practical side of view, it seems that it varies on each maintainer. Most well formalized document is "Choose a repack suffix" [2], addtionally, mentors.d.n FAQ [2] introduces repack count too. It seems that it was filed [3] already, but not resolved yet. I've checked udd information for sid, here is the result of the numbers of +dfsg is used packages. The vast majority is +dfsg-1 style. A. +dfsg-1 1461 (no repack count) B. +dfsgN-1 400 (use N repack count) C. +dfsg.N-1 57 (use .N repack count) It seems that it should be +dsfg-1, but is repack count (B. or C.) still recommended way to be contained? If so, which style is recommended (B. +dfsgN-1 or C. +dfsg.N-1 style)? I'm not sure whether there is a consensus about this topic. * [1] Choose a repack suffix https://wiki.debian.org/Javascript/Repacking#A1._Choose_a_repack_suffix * [2] What does “dfsg” or “ds” in the version string mean? https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What_does_.2BIBw-dfsg.2BIB0_or_.2BIBw-ds.2BIB0_in_the_version_string_mean.3F * [3] developers-reference: please explain deb/debian/ds suffixes in versions https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=499167 In the past, related topic is discussed but it is not for the repack count. * https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2010/03/msg00325.html * https://lists.debian.org/debian-mentors/2019/08/msg00108.html Regards, -- Kentaro Hayashi <ken...@xdump.org>
