Hi
>>"James" == James Troup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

 James> Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
 >> 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> That's a stunningly bad idea.  From Chapter 5 of the Packaging manual:

        You are far too ewasily stunned. This is far from a bad idea:
 it is a good idea with a minor flaw. The fix, of course, is to
 eliminate the hyphens.

        A new proposal is coming up

        manoj.
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