> Hello, > > I noticed two problems with the name of distribution and its location in > the version number of packages. > > 1) 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). > > 2) 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: > 1) Use the version number of the distribution instead of the name. > 2) 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