-=| Graham Barr, Fri, Oct 09, 2009 at 09:20:37AM -0500 |=- > > On Oct 9, 2009, at 8:17 AM, Ricardo Signes wrote: > > >* David Golden <[email protected]> [2009-10-09T07:52:45] > >>23. Have a "development version" flag > > > >Agreed. > > > >>* Con: Development version'ness would not be determinable post- > >>installation > >> AdamKennedy > > > >Packlist 2.0? > > Agreed. > > The main use of development status seems to be control if the > distribution is indexed as the latest released etc. So having a flag > instead of the hackish way we use _ seems a benefit.
+1 Getting rid of _ will simplify downstream handling of versions. Currently one has to dig into CHANGES in order to determine if 1.002_04 is a dev release after 1.002 or the fourth beta before 1.002. Not that I am all for packaging development releases downstream, but some times they fix bugs and are a necessary evil. -- dam
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