It does make sense, thanks. On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 6:23 PM, Andrew <a.star...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I need help in naming the versions of PPA packages. The instructions >> are not very clear, and I did not check many examples. Please make >> suggestions. >> > > Looking at what you've done, you almost have it. X.Y-1~1 is smaller > than X.Y-1 this allows the PPA package to be replaced by the official > Ubuntu package once it enters the archive. > > So you have gtkwave (3.2.0-2~ppa1) in your archive. The problem is > that both Debian and Ubuntu only have version gtkwave (3.1.13-1). > > The first Debian upload of this version would be: 3.2.0-1 > > If Ubuntu decided to package the new upstream release before Debian, > it would be: 3.2.0-0ubuntu1 > > If Ubuntu uses the Debian package and modifies it, it would be: 3.2.0-1ubuntu1 > > The package in your PPA would replace any of those versions above as > X.Y-2, even if it's X.Y-2~1, is always bigger than X.Y-1. > > Your package should have been: 3.2.0-0ubuntu1~ppa1 or 3.2.0-1~ppa1 > > Hope that makes sense, > > - Andrew Starr-Bochicchioo > Ubuntu Contributing Developer >
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