opencpn: 5.0.0 update

[Sebastiaan Couwenberg]

On 12/8/19 2:51 PM, Alec Leamas wrote:
> On 08/12/2019 13:13, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>> On 12/8/19 12:24 PM, Alec Leamas wrote:
>>> On 08/12/2019 11:56, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
>>>> On 12/8/19 8:27 AM, Alec Leamas wrote:
>>>> The package version should just be 5.0.0+dfsg without a revision, this
>>>> should be set by d/watch using repacksuffix.
>>>
>>> According to [1] this is not true, it clearly states that the version
>>> string should contain dfsg.N. Have any reference or motivation for
>>> dropping the .N part?
>>
> 
>> The developers-reference documents the use of plain +dfsg, and this is
>> what pretty much all other packages in the team do (either +dfsg or
>> +ds), and because consistency is a good thing you should do the same.
>>
> ..]
>> "
>>
>> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.en.html#repackaged-upstream-source> 
> 
> I don't see anything about the version string in that reference, only
> recommendations for the tarball directory name.

That name includes the version string.

> This means that we have two things regulating this: local habits here on
> pkg-grass-devel and some at least semi-official documentation on the
> debian wiki.
> 
> My gut feeling is to stick to the docs (I  have already repacked a
> version, and having the .1 there from the beginning was helpful then).

Wrong. Using the same practices as used in the team supersede general
documentation.

> I would appreciate if Andreas could make the final decision on this . I
> can live with it any way.

Andreas' role is only as a sponsor via SoB he is not actively
maintaining packages in this team.

If you maintain this package in Debian Science you're welcome to follow
his lead there.

Kind Regards,

Bas

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