On 2009-12-18, Ben Finney <ben+deb...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+deb...@mega-nerd.com> writes: > >> The upstream version number is 0.5.2-rc3 which is invalid for a >> non-native package > > No, it's fine for the upstream version string to contain a hyphen. See > Debian policy ยง5.6.12., where the hyphen is explicitly listed as one of > the valid characters in the upstream version string component.
While that's true you shouldn't use a hyphen in this rc case, to ensure that 0.5.2 > 0.5.2~rc3. Kind regards, Philipp Kern -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
