Sean Whitton <spwhit...@spwhitton.name> writes:
> Hello,
>
> On Sun 08 Dec 2024 at 05:02pm -08, Xiyue Deng wrote:
>
>> Package: dh-elpa
>> Version: 2.1.5
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> dh-elpa detects the `Package-Version' cookie from Elisp source files and
>> generates Debian version numbers to be used in the substitute variable
>> ${elpa:Depends}. However there is a small issue that it does not work
>> well with snapshot version numbers.
>
> Here, do you mean ELPA snapshot version numbers or Debian snapshot
> version numbers?
>Here I mean the Debian snapshot version numbers, especially one with "~", like `1.0.0~git20241207.dedbeaf'. > In the past when these sorts of issues have arisen, we have concluded > that rather than trying to make dh_elpa too clever, we should just add a > patch in debian/patches to fix the Package-Version header. > I don't think that will help, because the Package-Version (e.g. 1.0.0) will be considered higher than our snapshot version (1.0.0~git%cd.%h) due to Debian's special handling of "~". Bumping the version Package-Version doesn't help as the snapshot version using "~" will always be considered lower. Unless we change the version to `1.0.0git%cd.%h' or `1.0.0+git%cd.%h', that is. Or maybe I missed something? > -- > Sean Whitton -- Regards, Xiyue Deng
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