Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-18 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 02:25:06AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: >Hi! > >On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 17:00:17 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: >> On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 12:46:15PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: >> > Well, this has already been solved long time ago, although the >> > restrictions were different t

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-11 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 17:00:17 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 12:46:15PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > > Well, this has already been solved long time ago, although the > > restrictions were different then, the dselect methods have supported > > the MSDOS-Filename field

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-11 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, May 05, 2011 at 12:46:15PM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: >On Sun, 2011-05-01 at 17:27:39 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: >> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 09:00:14PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > >> Also there are no technical requirement for packages filenames in ISO >> images to be canonical packages

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-05 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Sun, 2011-05-01 at 17:27:39 +0200, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 09:00:14PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > So the reason for imposing a length restriction on version numbers in > > particular is due to the UI display of aptitude? I'm a bit dubious that > > this is a good

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-04 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 06:20:14PM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sun, 01 May 2011, Bill Allombert wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 09:00:14PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > > So the reason for imposing a length restriction on version numbers in > > > particular is due to the

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-02 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sun, 01 May 2011, Bill Allombert wrote: > On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 09:00:14PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > > So the reason for imposing a length restriction on version numbers in > > particular is due to the UI display of aptitude? I'm a bit dubious that > > this is a good justification for a Po

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-01 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 09:00:14PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > So the reason for imposing a length restriction on version numbers in > particular is due to the UI display of aptitude? I'm a bit dubious that > this is a good justification for a Policy rule. dpkg -l has truncated > version numbers

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-05-01 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011, Russ Allbery wrote: > Osamu Aoki writes: > > This is another topic. I do not think everyone agreed yet to a > > particular set of numbers. The more I looked into this issue, I think > > followings are the possible numbers: No, but I'd like to have a MUST rule that says that

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-04-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Osamu Aoki writes: > This is another topic. I do not think everyone agreed yet to a > particular set of numbers. The more I looked into this issue, I think > followings are the possible numbers: > * package file name for normal uploads: 90 characters (must) >- rationale: UCS-2 requirement

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-04-30 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 03:51:15PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Ben Hutchings writes: > > > + > > + The upstream version number must not include a non-linear > > + revision ID or hash, since it cannot help in ordering > > + versions and it tends to result in very long

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-04-30 Thread sean finney
On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 03:51:15PM -0700, Russ Allbery wrote: > Ben Hutchings writes: > > > + > > + The upstream version number must not include a non-linear > > + revision ID or hash, since it cannot help in ordering > > + versions and it tends to result in very long versi

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-04-30 Thread Russ Allbery
Ben Hutchings writes: > + > + The upstream version number must not include a non-linear > + revision ID or hash, since it cannot help in ordering > + versions and it tends to result in very long version > + numbers and filenames. This information may be rec

Re: [PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-04-30 Thread Cyril Brulebois
Ben Hutchings (30/04/2011): > --- > This is based on recent discussions on debian-devel. There was not > complete agreement, but I believe this reflects consensus. > > Ben. > > policy.sgml | 23 +++ > 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/pol

[PATCH] Specify policy for use of revision IDs in version numbers

2011-04-30 Thread Ben Hutchings
--- This is based on recent discussions on debian-devel. There was not complete agreement, but I believe this reflects consensus. Ben. policy.sgml | 23 +++ 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/policy.sgml b/policy.sgml index 91173a5..2cc2d1e 100