[Pkg-fglrx-devel] fglrx: beta upload and tarball

[Patrick Matthäi]

Am 09.09.2014 um 09:56 schrieb Andreas Beckmann:
> On 2014-09-04 10:25, Patrick Matthäi wrote:
>> This is the right version.
>> Our current beta in experimental is from june, but we require this
>> release from july.
>>
>> As I said I just have got problems to generate the tarball, there is so
>> much magic in Andreas code :)
> 
> Can we please create a git repository and import the upstream releases
> in its original packed form (be it .zip, .run or .whatever) there? And
> then just use epochs and the git hash as version number. This should be
> more intuitive than amd's numbering scheme.

Do you want the whole packaging in git or just the tarballs?

> 
> The magic command line to package this release using the old scheme was:
> 
> DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="VER=14.6~beta1.0-07.11 ZVER=14.6-beta-v1.0-jul11
> RVER=14.20" debian/rules get-orig-source

Thanks!

> 
> PS: Is there a contest for weird version numbers somewhere? I want to
> nominate AMD!

Forwarded :P

> 
> PPS: someone please upload if you think this is better than the current one
> 

I am working on the hidden release of AMD currently.


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