git, debian/<version> tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]

Ian Jackson ijackson at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Mon Nov 16 14:02:32 UTC 2015


Ian Jackson writes ("Re: git, debian/<version> tags, dgit - namespace proposal [and 1 more messages]"):
> Colin Watson suggested (in pers.comm)
>    pkg/debian/<version>
> This is better but it still has a problem with collate order.
> 
> It may seem a petty thing to worry about, but for the reasons I
> explain above I want something that sorts before `debian/<version>'.

A conversation with Owen Dunn produced suggestions of `actual' and
`archive' as name components.

I'm considering:
   archive/{debian,ubuntu}/<version>
   {debian,ubuntu}/archive/<version>

I'm still considering the capitalisation idea.

Other suggestions welcome.

Thanks,
Ian.



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