Package: bzr
Version: 0.9~rc1-1
Severity: serious
Justification: Policy 5.6.12
Policy section 5.6.12 lists the permitted characters in package
version numbers, '~' is NOT on the list, and until less than 14
days ago all packages in the archive were compliant with that
rule. I know for certain that one of my own mirroring scripts
will refuse to accept '~' in package file names, and others
might do the same.
As explained in policy section 5.6.12, if the upstream version
number does not match the format and semantics specified in
section 5.6.12, the maintainer should reformat the version
number in his upload.
Sincerely
Jakob
Footnote: The actual wording in policy 5.6.12 does not use the
standard phrases specified in policy 1.1, making it difficult to
infer if violation of the specified format should be classified
as serious, normal or wishlist. Based on the nature of the
information, its citing in the first footnote of policy 1.1 and
the general structure of the English language, I interpret "may
only" as a must requirement not to do something else. In other
words, it is entirely optional for a version number to contain
the character '+' ("may contain only ... '+'"), but it is
required not to use any characters not enumerated there.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (450, 'unstable'), (400, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /basnxt/bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.17jbj3.4-16
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
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