Bug#915061: Why does Debian even change the version compared to upstream?

2018-12-18 Thread Max Horn
> Am 18.12.2018 um 20:59 schrieb Bill Allombert : > >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 05:07:14PM +0100, Max Horn wrote: >> Hi Bill, >> >>> GAP used 4rxpy as version number for a long time. >> >> I can not find any evidence supporting this. Even GAP 2

Bug#915061: Why does Debian even change the version compared to upstream?

2018-12-18 Thread Max Horn
Hi Bill, >> Am 18.12.2018 um 16:49 schrieb Bill Allombert : >> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 11:54:29AM +0100, Max Horn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am one of the GAP developers, and just saw this report; and I'd like >> to ask something that has bothere

Bug#915061: Why does Debian even change the version compared to upstream?

2018-12-18 Thread Max Horn
Hi, I am one of the GAP developers, and just saw this report; and I'd like to ask something that has bothered me for a while: why does Debian change the upstream version at all? Why not use 4.9.3 as we use upstream, instead if 4r9r3? Note that GAP versions always used dots; it is true that year

Bug#637357: gap: GAP's package description incorrectly compares it to Pascal

2011-08-10 Thread Max Horn
Package: gap Severity: minor The description of the 'gap' packag and all packages derived from it curently contains this sentence: "A kernel implements a Pascal-like language." This is extremely misleading and factually incorrect; a bit like saying Linux is "DOS-like". Sure, there are things th

Bug#576268: please *dis*able SCI engine

2010-05-02 Thread Max Horn
s is not a regular version, supported by upstream, but rather a modified version. Cheers, Max -- Max Horn ScummVM Project Lead http://www.scummvm.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org