Hi! On Mon, 2017-01-09 at 19:15:57 +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Severity: normal
> [ > "version" is a horrible search term, hopefully I did not miss any > other report about this. > ] I think this is actually #542288? But I'll let the editors decide. > Over time, several suffixes to version numbers have evolved to denote > uploads outside the regular, incremental upload to unstable. In my > opinion the policy should state these suffixes must not be used unless > the particular condition is met, but are mandatory then. The main > reason is several tools rely on these semantics and will likely result > in unpredictable behaviour if the assumption does not hold. > > So a proposal to add to "5.6.12 Version", perhaps as "5.6.12.1 Special > suffixes to version numbers" > > ============================================================== > > There are several suffixes for special situations. Version numbers must > end in the strings as below if and only if the given condition is met: > > +nmu<num> Non-maintainer upload for native packages I've actually changed my mind over this one since seconding #542288, which I should probably unsecond. I think this is broken, and an NMU of a native packages should instead convert the packages to non-native and then use the normal non-native NMU versioning. See <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/02/msg00230.html> and the surrounding sub-thread starting at <https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/01/msg00650.html> for my rationale. > .<num> Non-maintainer upload for non-native packages > +b<num> Binary NMU > +deb<num1>u<num2> > Update in the given (num1) stable distribution, through > a stable security or a point release update. > +wheezy<num> > Older form of the previous item. > ~deb<num1>+<num2> > Backport to the given (num1) distribution. This all pretty much describe current practice, so they seem fine. > ============================================================== > > The "+wheezy<num>" may be removed after EOL wheezy plus a long grace > period, so perhaps in 2020. > > Also, I wouldn't mind to document some suffixes used downstream, > especially Ubuntu who have sometime "-u<num>"-ish. But I'm not aware > of their schema in the details. Thanks, Guillem
