On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 09:41:57AM +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote: > Upstream renaming is a very rare (and AFAIK *only*) chance for you to > actually get rid of epochs cleanly! I'd very much suggest you take this > chance! > > Basically what you do is rename everything and use the new version > number, then you add transitional packages and for those you override > version number generation in debian/rules and add an epoch *only* to the > transitional packages.
I agree, please take the occasion of this rename and get rid of the
epoch!
However I have to be in disaccord with this example:
> override_dh_gencontrol:
> dh_gencontrol -pmy-transitional-package -- -v1:$(DEB_VERSION)
> dh_gencontrol --remaining-packages
I'd avoid using -v1:$(DEB_VERSION) and instead do something like
-v2.b37+really$(DEB_VERSION), so just to aovid an epoch also there. You
may also build those transitional packages from the old source, and then
ask for RM once the +really version went into a stable release.
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