[maemo-developers] Porting packages from debian

[From: Marius Gedminas]

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 09:44:21AM +0100, Graham Cobb wrote:
> > - Should i add something to the package version, like lib_1.2.3-mypkg1,
> > or something?
> 
> I tend to do that if I have made some substantive change.  So, changes to the 
> build process wouldn't count, but changes to the behaviour of the code would.  
> In my experience, the most common change is to disable building things like 
> documentation (which the tablet will delete if you install, and which often 
> has complex dependencies)  which probably doesn't need a version change.

Debian package versions are composed of several parts: upstream version,
a dash, and then the packaging version.  (Pedantic nitpick:
Debian-native packages have only a single version field).   Any change
in the packaging should result in an increased package version.  I
usually apppend -mg1, -mg2 etc. to the end, to clearly indicate what my
version of the package was based upon.

Now if you don't actually change anything in debian/*, but just rebuild,
that's the only time when you can keep the old version.  I think.

> But others may decide differently!
> 
> Graham
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Marius Gedminas
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