[email protected] wrote: > How is the "version number" interpreted? > > "1:" ?
epoch Epochs can help when the upstream version numbering scheme changes, but they must be used with care. You should not change the epoch, even in experimental, without getting consensus on debian-devel first. > "3.1" qemu release number? upstream version. Indeed the qemu release number. > "dfsg-8" ? Quote: “+dfsg.N” is a conventional way of extending a version string, when the Debian package's upstream source tarball is actually different from the source released upstream. This is typically because upstream's source release contains elements that do not satisfy the Debian Free Software Guildelines (DFSG) and hence may not be distributed as source in the Debian system. > "deb10u8" Debian 10, update 8? Yes, debian version: Debian 10, update 8 > Additional ideas? https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#version https://readme.phys.ethz.ch/documentation/debian_version_numbers/ https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/66094l/what_is_dfsg_in_package_version_numbers/ Regards, Klaus. -- Klaus Singvogel GnuPG-Key-ID: 1024R/5068792D 1994-06-27
