Hello,
I noticed two problems with the name of distribution and its location in the version number of packages.
- We can soon expect: Names of distributions are not ascending. After
Wheezy will follow Jessie => packages with ~jessie in the name will be considered older than ~wheezy (and also ~squeeze).
- It is a real problem already now: Before the name of the distribution
is in the version of package 'packaging-release' number by tde-packaging. After split folder for new distribution this number is *always lower* than the previous distribution. This now makes it impossible to do dist-upgrade for many distributions.
My suggestions are:
- Use the version number of the distribution instead of the name.
- Move the distribution version number before other numbers.
For example, from: 14.0.0-0debian12+r789+pr42~wheezy
Change version to: 14.0.0-0debian12.7.0+r789+pr42
And in the future (to allow switch format from native to quilt): 14.0.0~r789-0debian12.7.0+pr42
Note: I noticed that the same use version number of distribution can be found even in the standard ubuntu packages - such as firefox.
Slavek
Good catch! While I cannot rebuild the entire archive at this time due to lack of build farm resources, I will see what can be done before R14 release.
Speaking of R14, TDE is now completely HAL-free! I am still working on a few irritating bugs right now, but I would like to release R14 very soon if possible. What do the other developers on this list think of the current state of GIT in relation to a possible release?
Thanks!
Tim