Hello,
On Sat, Nov 11 2017, Mattia Rizzolo wrote:
> There is another reuse that you haven't considered here: reusing a
> version (or even, a lower version) after a package has been removed
> from the archive (and here I mean, remove from all of oldoldstable,
> oldstable, stable, testing, unstable
On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 07:07:48PM +0100, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> Version number re-usage happens, probably always by accident. In the
> past, before the advent of slugs to mark security uploads and the like,
> this was more likely to happen, and a long time ago my src:file package
> was affected
Hello Christoph,
On Sat, Nov 11 2017, Christoph Biedl wrote:
> So I'd like to suggest an addition to "3.2. The version of a package",
> for clarification, wording in the simplest form:
>
> | For any package, a version number must never be re-used.
>
> What I'd like to express but I guess is a bit
Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.1.1.1
Severity: wishlist
Hello,
this is in the category of "It should be obvious to anybody but I'd
prefer things are well-defined in case anybody wishes to start an
argument over that". So rather nitpicking.
Version number re-usage happens, probably always by a
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