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Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess.

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On Monday, July 1, 2024 6:46:06 PM EDT Alec Leamas wrote:
> On 02/07/2024 00:31, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> 
> HI again
> 
> > On July 1, 2024 10:18:07 PM UTC, Alec Leamas <leamas.alec@gmail.com> 
wrote:
> >> But here the situation is that upstream do care and wants to fix it. But
> >> they need our help (an epoch) to accomplish this to handle the legacy.
> >> 
> >> We could be helpful, or not. Why not give a hand?
> > 
> > No.  That's us fixing it.  They can bump the version to whatever they want
> > to address the issue.  Epochs are forever, so should be a last resort.
> Yes, epochs are forever and should not be taken lightly, agreed.
> 
> Expanding on the situation. The current opencpn version is 5.9.x, soon
> to be 5.10 in a tick-tock cycle.
> 
> However, the opencpn packages have versions like 8763.x, automatically
> generated from a build number. This is not communicated to users, they
> just install and update.
> 
> Obviously, upstream should start building packages with versions like
> 5.9.x..., 5.10.x... etc. But any such version is lower than the current
> build number.
> 
> If you switch hats for a moment: have you any advice for upstream in
> this situation?
> 
> --alec
8763.5.10

Next build is:

8763.5.10~8764

Scott K

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    Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2024-07-02 01:20 +0200
      Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2024-07-02 01:40 +0200
        Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2024-07-02 02:10 +0200
          Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org> - 2024-07-02 02:30 +0200
            Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2024-07-02 02:40 +0200
        Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> - 2024-07-02 02:20 +0200
          Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-07-02 12:10 +0200
        Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Jens Reyer <jens.reyer@gmail.com> - 2024-07-02 07:00 +0200
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          Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> - 2024-07-03 10:20 +0200
            Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> - 2024-07-03 12:30 +0200
      Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2024-07-02 01:40 +0200

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