Thank you for this suggestion. Even though bumping the epoch is a very big hammer, it sounds very sensible to me. The patch is looking mostly good, too.
But I wonder if we should rather change the version number to "2:1snap1-0ubuntu1", in order to use a similar format as we have on Firefox (LP: #1892724)? What do you think? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
