On Sun, May 10, 1998 at 11:00:00AM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote: > > On 2 May 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > > > Packages only have to specify the first three digits of the > > > version number in the `Standards-Version' field of their source > > > packages. > > Well, it sure reads to me as if it _does_ specify "at least three". > > If it meant "exactly three", I'd have expected to see "Packages have to > specify only the first three digits of the version number in the > `Standards-Version' field of their source packages."
They both say the same thing to me -- >= 3. If = 3 was intended, "must" or "should" should be used, as in "Packages must specify only the first three digits of the version ..." Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
