I'm about to release proftpd 1.2.8 final and RC2 is in unstable ATM and this is what I'm gonna do, unless someone objects in the next hmm 30 minutes :)
Current: 1.2.8RC2-1 New: 1.2.8-Final-1
I don't think that will work, as 8RC2 > 8 from dpkg's point of view. This should
have originally been done as
%v=1.2.7.9999 %r=1.2.8rc2-1
or
%v=1.2.8 %r=0-1.2.8rc2-1
Oh well, I guess that this one does need the Epoch: field set to 1, but don't post
it yet, I could be mistaken.
OTOH, a better solution to packages like this is as follows: We add a special package 'fink-downgrades' that includes scripts to downgrade certain packages that have versioning errors. Then we could almost completely avoid the Epoch: field. IE:
Developer Bob accidentally puts foo-1.2.3rc4-1 into cvs (As opposed to foo-1.2.3-0.rc4)
User George builds and installs foo-1.2.3rc4-1
Developer Bob finds his mistake and fixes the version.
The dpkg for User George thinks that it has the latest version
Developer Bob submits a request for an addition to the fink-downgrades package
User George updates his fink-downgrades package, whose install-script does 'fink install foo-1.2.3-0.rc4', then 'rm /sw/fink/10.2/debs/foo-1.2.3rc4-1......'
Kyle Moffett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:Here is something I have seen done with Debian. It makes less sense than your proposal, but it is useful to know about.
foo-4.9999.rc6 foo-4.9999.rc7 foo-5.0
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