On 30 Oct 1998, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Native Debian packages (i.e., packages which have been written > especially for Debian) whose version numbers include dates should > always use the `YYYY-MM-DD' format.
James Troup pointed out some time ago that this probably breaks another policy about version numbers in native Debian packages. [ That's why the debian-keyring package he maintains uses dots instead of hyphens, YYYY.MM.DD ]. > I am now looking for seconds for this proposal. I would propose to discuss this minor point first. [ I would suggest to make "YYYYMMDD" the recommended choice in this case, points are not allowed in ISO dates, only hyphens or nothing, I think ]. -- "cd3d0d19223690be5e8d03f02a40e647" (a truly random sig)
