Kernel package version rules

[Colin Ian King]

What ever the decision, worked examples of all cases would be a idea on
the wiki page so that it is completely clear and not misinterpreted.

Colin.

On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 16:40 +0200, Stefan Bader wrote:
> Andy and myself got into thinking about that one today and both think we saw 
> some definitions but fail to remember any wiki page.
> 
> The problem is, how do we change package versions when we move from one 
> upstream kernel to another (here 2.6.30 to 2.6.31).
> For Intrepid (2.6.26 to 2.6.27) the ABI and the upload number got reset, so 
> 2.6.26-5.17 became 2.6.27-1.1. For the Karmic kernel, we reset the ABI number 
> but did not reset the upload number, which is technically not wrong but 
> inconsistent with the past. Probably (if nobody remembers the place) we need to 
> write down how we think this should be handled, so the next guy to face the 
> problem can read about it somewhere.
> The LBM package number we reset to -1.1 as it has the kernel version number as 
> a part of the package name and thus is a completely new package. But for kernel 
> and meta are just going with the way it is now, as it is not bad enough to make 
> it necessary to redo the whole thing.
> 
> Stefan
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