Re: objecting to +nmuX syntax (was DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review))

2008-08-12 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 10:33:47PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > And the disadvantage of being less compact. len('1.2.3-1+nmu1') - len('1.2.3-1.1') = 3 len('1:1.0.rc2svn20080706-0.1') - len('1.2.3-1') = 17 are we really discussing the disadvantages of *3* extra characters when we have version

Re: objecting to +nmuX syntax (was DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review))

2008-08-12 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Lucas Nussbaum [Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:28:53 -0300]: > > >The version must be the version of the last upload, plus +nmuX, > > I already objected to this in the past, and I'm loudly objecting again > now. Some people on IRC shared this objection; I'm

Re: objecting to +nmuX syntax (was DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review))

2008-08-12 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Stefano Zacchiroli [Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:18:40 -0300]: > In addition, it has the advantage of being clearer, And the disadvantage of being less compact. Who do we /need/ to make it clearer for? Who that wouldn't be familiar with the old syntax could /benefit/ from this explicitness? (In the old

Re: objecting to +nmuX syntax (was DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review))

2008-08-12 Thread Stefano Zacchiroli
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 08:37:17PM +0100, Adeodato Simó wrote: > >The version must be the version of the last upload, plus +nmuX, > > I already objected to this in the past, and I'm loudly objecting again > now. Some people on IRC shared this objection; I'm opening a subthread > to see if I'm

objecting to +nmuX syntax (was DEP1: Non Maintainer Uploads (final call for review))

2008-08-12 Thread Adeodato Simó
* Lucas Nussbaum [Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:28:53 -0300]: >The version must be the version of the last upload, plus +nmuX, I already objected to this in the past, and I'm loudly objecting again now. Some people on IRC shared this objection; I'm opening a subthread to see if I'm alone on this, or wh