On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 06:50:22AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > Wouter Verhelst <wou...@debian.org> (2015-03-28): > > Alternatively, you could use release version numbers rather than code names: > > > > 0.6.3-1.3-1~Debian7 (rather than wheezy), and > > 0.6.3-1.3-1~Debian8 (rather than jessie) > > Using the same scheme as stable & security updates might be a good > idea instead of inventing another versioning scheme? > > Meaning ~deb7u1 or +deb7u1 for the first upload to wheezy, ~deb7u2 or > +deb7u2 for the next one; as for jessie, use ~deb8u1 or +deb8u1 for > the first upload, etc.
And people better not rely on these being in alphabetical order, they'll run into trouble transitioning 9 and 10. The advantage of code names is that no one would assume jessie is later in alphabetical order than wheezy. Protection for idiots. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150330132735.gb9...@topoi.pooq.com
