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Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version

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(Sorry for the resend, this should have gone to the BTS the first
time; have fixed a slip in the wording.)

Please:

Part I - belss continued use of 1.0 native format, for now at least:

 1. Declare explicitly that there is nothing wrong with a package with
    a native format, but a non-native version number.

 2. Request that the dpkg maintainer relax the restriction which
    prevents the use of 3.0 native with Debian revision.

 3. Consequently, declare that the recent MBF on this topic ought not
    to have been filed against packages where simply changing the
    source format does not currently work.  That would include at
    least 1.0 native packages with Debian revisions.

Part II - bless continued use of 1.0-with-diff, for now at least:

 4. Declare that sometimes the use of 1.0-with-diff can be the best
    tradeoff between different considerations.  In particular,
    because 1.0 is the only format which botH:
     (a) Optimises bandwidth and storage by reusing the upstream 
         data when it hasn't changed.
     (b) Avoids polluting the working tree (package source code)
         with [patches], which cause trouble especially with
	 git-based workflows.

 5. Consequently, declare that the recent MBF on this topic ought not
    to have been filed against 1.0 with diff packages, at least
    without some further filter.

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Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2022-03-15 17:40 +0100
  Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2022-03-15 18:00 +0100
    Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2022-03-15 20:00 +0100
      Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2022-03-15 20:30 +0100
  Bug#1007717: Fwd: Re: proposed MBF: packages still using source format 1.0 Sean Whitton <spwhitton@spwhitton.name> - 2022-03-15 18:00 +0100
  Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2022-03-15 20:00 +0100
    Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2022-03-16 04:50 +0100
      Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2022-03-16 05:40 +0100
        Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2022-03-16 16:10 +0100
          Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2022-03-16 17:00 +0100
        Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2022-03-17 08:00 +0100
          Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2022-03-17 15:40 +0100
          Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2022-03-17 19:00 +0100
            Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Sam Hartman <hartmans@debian.org> - 2022-03-17 19:30 +0100
              Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2022-03-17 20:00 +0100
                Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2022-03-17 20:50 +0100
            Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Matthew Vernon <matthew@debian.org> - 2022-03-20 17:40 +0100
  Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de> - 2022-03-15 20:20 +0100
    Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2022-03-15 22:20 +0100
    Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Ian Jackson <ijackson@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2022-03-16 16:40 +0100
      Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Wookey <wookey@wookware.org> - 2022-03-17 01:00 +0100
        Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2022-03-17 08:40 +0100
  Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2022-03-17 22:40 +0100
  Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2022-03-29 21:40 +0200
  Bug#1007717: Native source package format with non-native version Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2022-03-29 22:40 +0200

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