Hello, On Sun 08 Dec 2024 at 11:27pm -08, Xiyue Deng wrote:
> 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?
Oh, in this case we've basically just ignored the package version :)
What is the user impact of the current behaviour?
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Sean Whitton
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