Bug#677202: biber packages version 0.9.9+git2012426-3 is beta and requires beta version of biblatex

[Julian Gilbey]

On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 08:18:56AM +0900, Norbert Preining wrote:
> On Fr, 15 Jun 2012, Miguel Telleria de Esteban wrote:
> > > - I guess we have to add a epoch 1: otherwise the new version is
> > > smaller than what is in sid now
> > 
> > I guess that you are talking about the version number of the biber
> > package.  
> > 
> > Currently in Sid we have
> > 	0.9.9+git2012426-3
> > 
> > Which version should I set?  Something like 0.9.9git20120415 or
> > 0.9.9release?
> 
> I am not sure if this works. I guess you have to go for
> 	1:0.9.9-1
> which would be the proper way.

$ dpkg --compare-versions 0.9.9+release-1 gt 0.9.9+git2012426-3 && echo greater
greater

So you could call this one 0.9.9+release-1 and avoid having to use an
epoch.  0.9.9.0+git2012415-1 would also work.  It seems a shame to
introduce an epoch for a case like this where the version numbers are
going to increase pretty soon beyond the troublesome case.

   Julian