> On Nov 14, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Noah Meyerhans <no...@debian.org> wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 01:53:10PM +0100, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: >>> I am not interested in playing bug ping-pong with the libnet-dns-perl >>> maintainers, though this bug lies with that package. It has already been >>> fixed upstream and in unstable. >> >> No, I don't think the problem is in libnet-dns-perl but in spamassassin. >> SA uses a fragile and inappropriate way to compare version numbers. It's >> now triggered by this specific libnet-dns-perl version, but package >> maintainers should be allowed to use any valid version number for their >> packages. > > Agreed, where "valid version number" is defined as something that can be > manipulated with arithmetic operators.
I believe the Debian policy manual, action 5.6.12, describes exactly what a version number can be. Alphanumeric characters are allowed, as are some special characters. Marc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
