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--- Begin Message ---Package: base-files Version: 7.1wheezy1 Severity: minor Dear Maintainer, hera:~# grep 7 /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy)" VERSION_ID="7" VERSION="7 (wheezy)" hera:~# lsb_release -a LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:(...) Distributor ID: Debian Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.1 (wheezy) Release: 7.1 Codename: wheezy Should os-release not provide 7.1 as version on the above lines? -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.1 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages base-files depends on: ii gawk [awk] 1:4.0.1+dfsg-2.1 ii mawk [awk] 1.3.3-17 base-files recommends no packages. base-files suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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--- Begin Message ---On Tue, 6 Aug 2013, Tom Laermans wrote: > Package: base-files > Version: 7.1wheezy1 > Severity: minor > > Dear Maintainer, > > hera:~# grep 7 /etc/os-release > PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 7 (wheezy)" > VERSION_ID="7" > VERSION="7 (wheezy)" > > hera:~# lsb_release -a > > > LSB Version: core-2.0-amd64:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-amd64:(...) > Distributor ID: Debian > Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.1 (wheezy) > Release: 7.1 > Codename: wheezy > > Should os-release not provide 7.1 as version on the above lines? That would mean modifying /etc/os-release at every point release, something which is not desirable to do according to release managers. In late May, I asked them specifically about /etc/os-release and this is what they said: http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2013/05/msg01081.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2013/05/msg01084.html So this is a deliberate decision made by the release managers. In short, Debian wheezy = Debian 7, which includes every Debian 7.x point release. Please note that this was not clear enough in Debian 7.0 and /etc/os-release was buggy according to this. Such bug was fixed in Debian 7.1. Thanks.
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