On 02/08/2014 05:55 AM, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
On 2014-02-08 10:01, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
On Fri, Feb 07, 2014 at 10:41:56AM -0600, Michael Shuler wrote:
On 02/07/2014 10:25 AM, Pau Garcia i Quiles wrote:
Is there a policy on how to package software that does not make releases?

A version similar to skia_0.0-1~svnr1234 would allow an upstream
version of i.e. 0.1 (if they ever release) to supersede your
packaged version. It should also allow you to upgrade via new svn
version (0.0-1~svnr1235), as well as new packaging of same svn
version (0.0-2~svnr1234).  Please, correct me, if there is a better
>>> method, here!

Please do not abuse the Debian revision for including upstream version
information!

Indeed, I was incorrect - thanks for the clarification.

One other thing to keep in mind: what if they switch to git?

If you expect this, start with

   0~~svn12345-1

and switch to

   0~git$whatever-1

later on.

I think your detailed reply [0] was most helpful. Using a dated version would probably be the best method, in my opinion - anything after that is easily overridden. Epochs should be an avenue of last resort.

[0] http://lists.debian.org/52f50f53.3090...@debian.org

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Michael


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