Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess.

From	Soren Stoutner <soren@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.devel
Subject	Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess.
Date	2024-07-02 02:30 +0200
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Alec,

On Monday, July 1, 2024 5:19:37 PM MST Alec Leamas wrote:
> For Debian users we backport opencpn which works well. However, the
> Ubuntu backport process is, well, interesting (been there, done that).
> 
> The PPA represents a much better way to publish backports to current
> Ubuntu branches. But for this to work we need to reset the versioning so
> it works together with the official stream from Debian.
> 
> Anyway, seems we have a emerging conclusion that an epoch is a correct
> solution here.

That adds some needed clarification.  I agree that in that circumstance, adding 
an epoch is the best way forward.  It allows you to maintain the current 
upstream program version number, while unifying the Debian, Ubuntu, and PPA 
version numbers in such a way that packages from those repositories can be 
used interchangeably.

-- 
Soren Stoutner
soren@debian.org

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Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2024-07-02 00:40 +0200
  Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Scott Kitterman <debian@kitterman.com> - 2024-07-02 01:00 +0200
    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
        Re: Q: Ubuntu PPA induced version ordering mess. Gunnar Wolf <gwolf@debian.org> - 2024-07-02 20:50 +0200
          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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