Bug#499167: developers-reference: please explain deb/debian/ds suffixes in versions

2024-07-16 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Daniel, On Tue, Jul 16, 2024 at 10:10:19AM +0200, Daniel Gröber wrote: > The convention seems to be documented in > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What_does_.2BIBw-dfsg.2BIB0_or_.2BIBw-ds.2BIB0_in_the_version_string_mean.3F [...] > The text in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepor

Bug#499167: developers-reference: please explain deb/debian/ds suffixes in versions

2024-07-16 Thread Daniel Gröber
The convention seems to be documented in https://wiki.debian.org/DebianMentorsFaq#What_does_.2BIBw-dfsg.2BIB0_or_.2BIBw-ds.2BIB0_in_the_version_string_mean.3F > “+dfsg.N” and “+ds.N“ are a conventional way of extending a version > string, when the Debian package's upstream source tarball is actua

Bug#499167: developers-reference: please explain deb/debian/ds suffixes in versions

2008-09-16 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
Package: developers-reference Version: 3.4.0 Severity: wishlist Some Debian packages use deb/debian/ds suffixes to indicate repacking of upstream tarballs. Please add note explaining this, reasons, options. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500