On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 11:08:20AM -0800, Joey Hess wrote: > Ben Collins wrote: > > > Should debian-native *source* packages (.tar.gz + .dsc) be forbidden to > > > include a debian revision field, the problem would be detectable, and both > > > lintian and katie (dinstall) could be made to flag such uploads as > > > improper. > > > What if upstream has a xx.xx-x version numbering? That's perfectly > > legitimate. > > Well then the debian package ends up with xx.xx-x-y versioning, in > which case it is not a debian native package, and the policy proposal > would require it to have a .diff.gz. A package with xx.xx-x versioning > cannot be a debian native package; let me quote existing policy: > > The <upstream-version> may contain only alphanumerics and the > characters `.' `+' `-' `:' (full stop, plus, hyphen, colon) and > should start with a digit. If there is no <debian-revision> then > hyphens are not allowed; if there is no <epoch> then colons are > not allowed.
Then the policy proposal is moot and only needs to be enforced by dinstall. -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
