[Utnubu-discuss] First package - Version handling?

[Micah Anderson]

On Tue, 06 Sep 2005, Oliver Grawert wrote:

> i'd like to point out that the -0somethingX version was chosen for a
> reason by ubuntu... we assume that if a package ever enters debian its
> first revision will be -1 which is always greater than -0anythingX so we
> can easily sync it from debian as soon as it enters ...

I dont think it is safe to assume that the first version of a package that
enters debian will have a -1 debian revision number. I've seen some that
start with -11, -12, etc. because the maintainer has worked with a sponsor
to fix various things before the initial upload...

micah