Bug#373003: [PATCH/RFC] deb-version.5: Add an own manpage for Dpkg's version format

2007-10-09 Thread Ian Jackson
Frank Lichtenheld writes ([PATCH/RFC] deb-version.5: Add an own manpage for Dpkg's version format): 1) If I would copy this text, who to credit for it? For now I just copied the copyright notice from Policy but I suspect that might not be the whole truth given how old it is. I haven't

Bug#373003: [PATCH/RFC] deb-version.5: Add an own manpage for Dpkg's version format

2007-10-06 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
I was looking for a way to really close #373003 (dpkg-dev: deb-control.5 old rule for Version hyphenation). In the end it lead me to the conclusion that Dpkg should contain a full description of its Version format, which in turn lead to completly copying the section from Policy since this is