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Re: [Monotone-devel] ANNOUNCE: monotone 0.20
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Corey Halpin |
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Re: [Monotone-devel] ANNOUNCE: monotone 0.20 |
Date: |
Wed, 6 Jul 2005 12:49:19 -0500 |
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Mutt/1.5.9i |
On 2005-07-06, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker wrote:
> Hmm, the link to the dpkg is incorrect, it should be
> downloads/monotone_0.20-0.1_i386.deb instead of
> downloads/monotone_0.20-1_i386.deb .
>
> I wonder why the release number is 0.1 instead of 1. Is there a
> reason, or is this a typo, or something I haven't understood about
> Debian release numbers?
This is so that when there is an "Official Debian" release numbered 1, it
will replace release 0.1.
The convention is that non-Debian releases should be numbered <1 so that
official releases will replace them on upgrade.
crh
- Re: [Monotone-devel] monotone 0.20 won't compile (Linux and Solaris), (continued)
Re: [Monotone-devel] ANNOUNCE: monotone 0.20, Richard Levitte - VMS Whacker, 2005/07/06