[Pkg-rust-maintainers] Bug#1037192: sd: version is lower than in squeeze

[Andreas Beckmann]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 01:58:50 +0800 Blair Noctis <n at sail.ng> wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:12:08 +0200 Andreas Beckmann <anbe at debian.org> wrote:
> > Package: sd
> > Version: 0.7.6-1

> > squeeze had a sd binary package built from (unrelated) src:sd at
> > version 0.74-1 while bookworm has one built from src:rust-sd at
> > version 0.7.6-1 which is lower, violating the archive property of
> > monotonically increasing version numbers.

> TIL about that. Do you think I can use epoch here? Or should I change its name?

IMO that is one of the correct uses for an epoch, similar to git which 
also reused an old package name (probably predating the git version 
control).

Note that the upload needs to be done as 1:0.7.6-2, i.e. with increment 
of the Debian revision to avoid clashes in the .deb file name (in some 
cases the epoch is not part of the file name for historic reasons).

> (Sorry about the late reply, the email didn't reach me.)

And if you don't Cc the submitter, I don't see your reply ;-)

Please try to get this fixed over the next week including a rebuild for 
bookworm s.t. it can be included in the first point release.


Andreas