Package: devscripts Version: 2.10.66 Severity: wishlist Hi,
according to http://wiki.debian.org/DEHS, uscan automatically drops any "dfsg", "debian", or "ds" suffixes from the debian version (or rather the upstream part of the debian version). It also states that packages should rely on this behaviour, but should instead explicitly mangle the version themselves. However, it is currently quite impossible to actually test if the watch file contains the right mangle line. Even if you screw up, the implicit mangling will still remove the suffix, so the explicit mangling looks correct. Please add some way (e.g., a commandline option) to disable this implicit mangling. As an added bonux, such an option would also document the implicit mangling in the manpage, which is currently not the case. Gr. Matthijs -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [email protected].
