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Re: Guidelines docs on ftp.debian.org.

You (Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca) wrote:
>    The `Version' field should be the version number of the package.
> For most packages which are not written specifically for Debian, this
> should be in the form
> 
>      Version: <original_version>-<debian_revision>
> 
> where `<original_version>' is the original package version number in
> whatever form the original package uses and `<debian_revision>'
> indicates which "debianisation" this is (this should usually be a plain
> number or perhaps a two numbers separated by a full stop, and should be
> incremented each time the package is changed or updated).
> 
>    Packages which are written specifically for Debian do not have a
> debian_revision, and their version number should simply be version
> (which should not contain any hyphens, to avoid confusion).


Okay, I missed that or my guidelines are outdated. Now I get it; you
for a dash starting at the end of the string. If one is found, the
part after the dash is the revision number.

Thanks for your patience. I'll think I will give in and release my software
with a revision number in the filename for debian and without the
revision number to the rest of the world.

Mike.
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