Re: Debian kernel packaging no longer accepts typical downstream version numbering.

2018-05-07 Thread Ian Campbell
On Mon, 2018-05-07 at 13:36 +0100, peter green wrote: > Common practice for downstreams (whether complete derivatives or end > users) is to version modified packages with a version number like > > 4.16.5-1+something1 > > Where "something" is the name of a project, the name of the person >

Debian kernel packaging no longer accepts typical downstream version numbering.

2018-05-07 Thread peter green
Common practice for downstreams (whether complete derivatives or end users) is to version modified packages with a version number like 4.16.5-1+something1 Where "something" is the name of a project, the name of the person performing the modification etc. Unfortunately with 4.16.5-1 of the