Bug#883133: general: Add new package header Upstream-Version:

2017-12-02 Thread Simon McVittie
On Sat, 02 Dec 2017 at 06:06:29 +0200, Victor Porton wrote: > A script may be specified by a user of my software by the URL of the > script and name and version range of the interpreter (simplified > explanation). I don't see how a new Upstream-Version field would help you to do this. Let's

Bug#883133: general: Add new package header Upstream-Version:

2017-11-29 Thread Victor Porton
Package: general Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainers, I propose to add new package header Upstream-Version: to contain the version as of the upstream of the package. The header should be optional because not every package has a definite upstream version. I am writing software which should call