control: severity -1 important > The continued use of datestamps in the package version makes it > difficult to understand which upstream version it is based on, and > appears to violate policy ยง5.6.12 (hence the severity). Policy says > "Usually this will be in the same format as that specified by the > upstream author(s); however, it may need to be reformatted to fit into > the package management system's format and comparison scheme." But > this is not a mere reformatting.
The term "usually" gives the maintainer the ability to choose their own versioning system if they think it's right. > Obviously, fixing this would require use of an epoch. Also, I don't > expect it to be worth fixing this for wheezy. Then lower than rc severity is more appropriate. Best wishes, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
