On 2023-11-10 23:44 +0100, Preuße, Hilmar wrote: > On 10.11.2023 03:10, Wookey wrote: > > Hi Wookey, > > > I think your options are > > 1) add an epoch (which exists to deal with this sort of problem) > > > Well, would like to avoid it, if possible.
There is no real reason to avoid epochs but they always feel a bit 'ugly' so people do tend to avoid them if they can. > > 3) upload a 'nobbled' version number, which is often done to deal > > with this sort of temporary issue: 1.3.8a+really1.3.8+dfsg-1 > > dpkg --compare-versions 1.3.8a+dfsg lt 1.3.8a+really1.3.8+dfsg; echo $? > > > You mean upload the 1.3.8a as 1.3.8+really1.3.8a, 1.3.8+really1.3.8b, > 1.3.8+really1.3.8c etc. until we are at 1.3.9 und we can return to normal > versioning? Yes, exactly (sorry my example was a bit confused - I had the 1.3.8 and 1.3.8a ordering backwards in my head, but it doesn't affect the mechanism). And yes, once you get to 1.3.9 you can go back to normal version numbering. Wookey -- Principal hats: Debian, Wookware, ARM http://wookware.org/
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