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Subject: Re: Debian part of a version number when epoch is bumped
From: Ian Jackson <ijackson () chiark ! greenend ! org ! uk>
Date: 2018-04-09 13:29:11
Message-ID: 23243.27303.96517.159264 () chiark ! greenend ! org ! uk
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Christian T. Steigies writes ("Re: Debian part of a version number when epoch is bumped"):
> On Mon, Apr 02, 2018 at 08:41:00PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> > [...] So what I'd advise *now* would be to increase the revision
> > to 12 and carry on from there.
>
> This has been addressed by policy now, does you recommendation still hold?
I see no relevant difference between the views expressed by Simon in
his email, and the statement now codified in policy.
I agree with the policy and IMO Simon's recommendations are good.
> I understand the explanation for source and binary package, but I wonder if
> I have the right interpretation for the upstream source code:
>
> https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/#uniqueness-of-version-numbers
> 3.2.2. Uniqueness of version numbers
> ...
> Additionally, for non-native packages, the upstream version must not be
> reused for different upstream source code, so that for each source package
> name and upstream version number there exists exactly one original source
> archive contents (see Files).
>
> Since the intial upload was as native package, and the latest as non-native,
> this does not apply to moon-buggy and I can upload with revision 12 as you
> suggested?
I think this is correct, yes.
Ian.
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