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                  Issue #:|59861
                  Summary:|Version numbering confuses package managers
                Component:|distribution
                  Version:|OOo 2.0
                 Platform:|All
                      URL:|
               OS/Version:|All
                   Status:|NEW
        Status whiteboard:|
                 Keywords:|
               Resolution:|
               Issue type:|DEFECT
                 Priority:|P3
             Subcomponent:|www
              Assigned to:|[EMAIL PROTECTED]
              Reported by:|kjmck





------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 28 14:42:42 -0800 
2005 -------
Release candidates for OOo 2.0.1 had version numbers of 2.0.1-<some number>. 
When it was released, the version number became 2.0.1-1. This confuses package 
managers, which consider the change to be a downgrade.

Proposed solution:

Rename the stable release packages with higher numbers than any of the release 
candidates. All of the packages in the release should have this new higher 
release number, e.g. 2.0.1-500.

This would be a higher number than any release candidate packages, but would 
allow for later revision numbers in case bug-fix releases are required (e.g. 2.
0.1-501). Package managers and system administrators (who may not be intimately 
familiar with OOo version numbering) could easily follow the correct upgrade 
path from release candidates to stable releases, bug-fix releases, and  next-
version releases.

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