Bug#693575: Upstream version is not included in package version

2012-11-17 Thread Michael Gilbert
control: severity -1 important > The continued use of datestamps in the package version makes it > difficult to understand which upstream version it is based on, and > appears to violate policy ยง5.6.12 (hence the severity). Policy says > "Usually this will be in the same format as that specified

Bug#693575: Upstream version is not included in package version

2012-11-17 Thread Ben Hutchings
Package: iproute Version: 20120521-3 Severity: serious The package version uses a datestamp for the upstream version. As you know, upstream started making formal releases where the version string indicates the latest kernel version for which it is expected to provide full feature coverage. The c