Pavel Tsekov wrote: > On 6 Mar 2003, Robert Collins wrote: > >> On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 22:00, Pavel Tsekov wrote: >>> On Thu, 6 Mar 2003, Daniel Bößwetter wrote: >>> >>>> Pavel Tsekov wrote: >>>> >>>>> No. You should not touch this number until the first release of >>>>> your package is out. Please, rename the package files. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> As you wish. I changed all occurences back to 1, the urls of the >>>> packages remain as follows: >>> >>> :) It is not my personal preference, though it may seem like it is. >> >> Ah, remembering the recent discussions, I think it *is* exactly your >> preference :}. > > Ok, I've realized that I made a mistake after I posted my reply. > Anyway, here is what I suggest - if the group opinion is that what I > do is really unnecessary and I do it just to make myself comfortable > or something > like this, than I'll stop requesting package maintainers to use -1.
Personally, I don't see why the 1st release of a package need be -1, and I think that, in abstract, a version number should uniqely identify a version. On the other hand, I don't remember any confusion caused by the current practice. Max.
