Bug#1069268: gnulib: package version is long

2024-05-01 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Hi Simon, On 2024-05-01 11:36:56 +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Vincent Lefevre writes: > > IMHO, for additional version information, the Debian changelog is a > > good place for the user + output from a standard command providing > > the version, e.g. "gnulib-tool --version". Scripts can use

Bug#1069268: gnulib: package version is long

2024-05-01 Thread Simon Josefsson
Hi Vincent, Vincent Lefevre writes: > Thanks for the explanations. However, I think that it is not the > goal of the Debian version string to entirely reflect all the > Debian-side and upstream-side versions involved. This may be a > good idea when the obtained version string is short enough

Bug#1069268: gnulib: package version is long

2024-04-23 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Hi Simon, On 2024-04-19 09:13:01 +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote: > Vincent Lefevre writes: > > > Package: gnulib > > Version: 20240412~dfb7117+stable202401.20240408~aa0aa87-2 > > Severity: normal > > > > A long package version is annoying for the user (for the "dpkg -l" > > output and other

Bug#1069268: gnulib: package version is long

2024-04-19 Thread Simon Josefsson
Vincent Lefevre writes: > Package: gnulib > Version: 20240412~dfb7117+stable202401.20240408~aa0aa87-2 > Severity: normal > > A long package version is annoying for the user (for the "dpkg -l" > output and other reasons). I doubt that such a long version is > necessary; Hi Vincent and thanks for

Bug#1069268: gnulib: package version is long

2024-04-18 Thread Vincent Lefevre
Package: gnulib Version: 20240412~dfb7117+stable202401.20240408~aa0aa87-2 Severity: normal A long package version is annoying for the user (for the "dpkg -l" output and other reasons). I doubt that such a long version is necessary; I'm wondering whether it is intended or is due to a bug in a