Hi Lukas, thanks for having a look! > But I wonder if we should rather change the version number to > "2:1snap1-0ubuntu1", in order to use a similar format as we have on > Firefox (LP: #1892724)? What do you think?
So, my hunch reaction to that scheme is "god, are all those numbers really meaningful and necessary?" Being this is a package that installs a snap, with all the upstream and almost all downstream changes handled in the snap, I couldn't think in a way we would benefit from more than one "free" (i.e., not epoch) number, and that is why I suggested a simpler scheme — just for the principle of parcimony's sake. Now, there can definitely be shortsight from my side, as I'm usually only bumping version numbers, not reworking or creating them. At any rate, both schemes solve the problem of misleading users, and I'm glad to change to either. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to chromium-browser in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2007702 Title: Deb version numbering is misleading Status in chromium-browser package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: For Ubuntu >= Focal the transitional debs are frozen at the version number 1:85... This might make one think[1][2] that it will install a critically outdated Chromium while it does not, because it installs the snap. [1] https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+question/702591 [2] https://askubuntu.com/q/1420925 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/2007702/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
