[pkg-go] consul

[Paul Tagliamonte]

On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Dmitry Smirnov <onlyjob at debian.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 7 Mar 2016 01:28:09 PM Paul Tagliamonte wrote:
> > ~ is meaningful to debian versions.
>
> To indicate "less" like in "~rc1" for pre-release versions.
>
>
> > Changing it because of the format the
> > source package is stored in seems wrong at best. ~ seems to be a fine
> > relation to use, + implies something else.
>
> I'm not sure what do you mean.
>

1.0~1 < 1.0 < 1.0+1

https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version


>
>
> > >  * I could not recall (or find) what "ds" stands for. "dfsg" is
> > >
> > "debian source". It's used when you repack for non-DFSG reasons.
>
> Like when you remove free files shipped by other Debian packages?
>

Exactly!


>
> Do you reckon "ds" vs "dfsg" distiction is important?
>

It informs a lot of how I review or work with a package, yeah :)

It's "just a name", but names are important to me :)


>
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> Best wishes,
>  Dmitry Smirnov.
>
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>
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