On 07/30/2012 04:17 PM, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 02:49:36PM +0200, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: > >> I just imported the new upstream version for bowtie2 and now lintian >> gives me the following warning: >> >> N: Processing binary package bowtie2 (version 2.0.0-beta7-1, arch i386) ... >> W: bowtie2: rc-version-greater-than-expected-version 2.0.0-beta7 > 2.0.0 >> (consider using 2.0.0~beta7) >> >> In general the message is totally clear 2.0.0-beta7 is higher than >> 2.0.0, but if I consider using 2.0.0~beta7 then my updated version will >> become lower than any previous version. >> Ffor example: >> >> dpkg --compare-versions 2.0.0-beta6-1 gt 2.0.0~beta7-1 &&echo $? >> >> returns 0 exit code... >> > Well, at some point in time you somehow did a bad choice for the RC > versions (and to prevent this the lintian check was invented - probably > to late for your case). > > True, you read my mind :) >> What should I do in such case? override the warning? >> > I'd call this a dangerous way because it will close your eyes in such > cases in the future. You should decide about your plan how to number > the real bowtie 2.0.0 release because also > > $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.0.0-beta6-1 gt 2.0.0 &&echo $? > 0 > > is the case. If you simply override the warning users of 2.0.0-beta6-1 > do not see any upgrade path on their machines before, say 2.0.1~alpha1. > I see, thank you for the hint. > The proper way to deal with such problems is using an epoch: > > $ dpkg --compare-versions 2.0.0-beta6-1 gt 1:2.0.0 && echo $? > > this depend on the way upstream will call the non-beta version. In case of version clash it is fine for me to start use epochs. But what to do if I want to upload the package ? Will it be fine to upload it with the warning ? > There are people who do not like epochs - but this is the clean way. > > Kind regards > > Andreas. > >
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