On Tue, Aug 14, 2007 at 13:38:04 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > Bart Martens wrote: > > Policy states that if there is no "debian_revision" then hyphens "-" are > > not allowed in the "upstream_version". > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#s-f-Version > > Policy also states that "native Debian packages" are "packages which > > have been written especially for Debian". > > http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-binary.html#s3.2.1 > > > > Policy does not explicitly state that the presence/absence of a > > "debian_revision" or that the presence/absence of hyphen(s) "-" indicate > > whether or not the package is a "native Debian package". > > <debian_revision> > > It is optional; if it isn't present then the <upstream_version> > may not contain a hyphen. This format represents the case where > a piece of software was written specifically to be turned into a > Debian package, and so there is only one "debianisation" of it > and therefore no revision indication is required. > > This strongly implies that debian native packages don't use debian_revision. > It also implies that if there is no debian_revision, upstream_version can contain a hyphen.
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