[Pkg-samba-maint] information about package naming pattern

Michael Tokarev mjt at tls.msk.ru
Fri Sep 22 09:24:39 BST 2023


21.09.2023 23:06, Kaio Rafael:
> Good day,
> 
> I am trying to understand the version pattern applied to some binaries
> that are coming from SAMBA source code.

What problem are you trying to solve?

..> Shouldn't these binaries use the same pattern such as `4.17.9+dfsg...`
> or `samba4.19.0+dfsg-1` in their version?
> 
> I ask this as it seems only ldb* binaries have this pattern.

Historically ldb was a separate source package with their own 2.x.y
versions.  Now ldb source package is swallowed by samba source package,
but the version sequence continues using ldb scheme.

/mjt



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