Hi, Thank you for your explanation. Very informative.
Reply in this thread talks about +/~, but I'm curious about repacking count. (Subject may be misleading...) What do you think about it? 1. We should use +dfsg-1 style 2. We should use +dfsgN-1 style 3. We should use +dfsg.N-1 style 4. Other Regards, 2021年10月2日(土) 22:03 Jonas Smedegaard <jo...@jones.dk>: > > Quoting Kentaro Hayashi (2021-10-02 14:19:17) > > I want to know about the best practice of +dfsg and +ds extension. > > As far as I know, it is not well documented as a policy or devref. > > When upstream codebase in its pristine form would violate the Debian > Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), I would use the hint "dfsg"- > > When upstream codebase require repackaging for (only) other reasons than > DFSG compliance I instead use the hint "ds" (as in "derived source"). > > I use ~ (tilde) as delimiter when possible, to make room for an eventual > later release with the issues fixed, without needing ugly versioning or > being forced to wait for a later upstream release. > > I use + (plus) as delimiter when I cannot use ~ (tilde). > > Since you tried mentioned some statistics: It is indeed more popular to > favor + over ~ but "popular practice" does not equal "best practice". > > > - Jonas > > -- > * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt > * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ > > [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
