> 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