[Utnubu-discuss] First package - Version handling?

[Reinhard Tartler]

On 9/8/05, Philipp Kern <pkern at debian.org> wrote:
> > We assume that the first version number of a package entering debian
> > is higher than 0ubuntuX, with X beeing 1 or a higher number. I've
> > never seen -0 uploads to debian so far.
> 
> `-1' is reserved for the first maintainer revision of a certain
> upstream version. This means if someone is uploading a NMU with a new
> upstream version to Debian (s)he has to use `-0.1'. These rules
> assure that the first maintainer revision is at any time strictly
> greater than previous non-maintainer uploads.

This is no problem, too, according to 
dpkg --compare-versions 1.0-0.1 gt 1.0-0ubuntu1

Version 1.0-0.1 wins over 1.0-0ubuntu1

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regards,
    Reinhard