On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 10:03:52AM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > > > > If the current version in the archive is 1.1, and you upload an NMU > > > of 1.2, that NMU should be 1.2-0.1 (so that a maintainer upload of > > > 1.2-1 supersedes it). > > > > It should be 1.1-0.1 so a maintainer upload of 1.2 superseeds it. > > But if the NMU is a new upstream version 1.2, then the correct NMU > version is 1.2-0.1. This is in the Debian Developer's Reference: > > "If it is absolutely necessary for someone other than the usual main- > tainer to make a release based on a new upstream version then the person > making the release should start with the debian-revision value `0.1'." > > -- DDR 5.11.4.1: Source NMU version numbering
Okay, that reads like: If there is no offical Debian maintainer yet, then use -0.1. Also there is no harm in that it looks a like a NMU, it _says_ there is no one in Debian maintaining the package. > > Also, if you upload 1.2-1, and later use 1.2-0.1 as a "test" version, > then the test version appears to be older than the uploaded version. > Instead, you should call the test version 1.2-1test1, which is clearly > between 1.2-1 and 1.2-2. (-: start with -0 ( e.g. -0test1, -0sss1 -0.1 ) so that -1 can enter the offical Debian archive. :-) Cheers Geert Stappers
