Bug#682948: Incorrect versioning scheme disturbs upgrading

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On 12-07-27 at 10:02pm, IRIE Shinsuke wrote:
> I forgot to say that actually there were official deb packages using 
> "+cvs" suffix in the past (ex. 2.25b+cvs.2003.02.17-1).  So, "+svn" 
> suffix might be used for the future versions of the official packages.
> 
> I mean the versioning scheme like 2.63.1 is generally necessary, not 
> only for my PPA's packages.

I do not find it "necessary" for Debian to follow a naming scheme used 
in Ubuntu, just as upstream should not worry about Debian when they 
choose a naming scheme.  Ubuntu developers are strongly encouraged to 
help maintain packages in Debian as a better alternative to try 
second-guess future naming of Debian packages.

When Ubuntu introduces packages in their repos that does not exist in 
Debian, there is a real risk of diverging from Debian.  It only makes 
sense to me to treat Debian as upstream to Ubuntu - not the opposite.


Regards,

 - Jonas

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