[Ubuntu] creating GRASS packages for UbuntuGIS

Martin Landa landa.martin at gmail.com
Sat Jan 16 14:12:43 PST 2016


Hi,

2016-01-16 13:11 GMT+01:00 Sebastiaan Couwenberg <sebastic at xs4all.nl>:
>>> The -1~exp1 revision is used to have the experimental versions precede
>>> the -1 upload to unstable.
>>
>> yes, but it's valid for Debian, not for Ubuntu ASAIU.
> Ubuntu is a derivative of Debian, and so it applies to Ubuntu as well.

hm, but there is not experimental or unstable branch in Ubuntu. I
would expect that `exp` in package names are just related to
experimental branch (in Debian).

>> What is exactly wrong? Based on 2.12.0-1~natty1
>
> Because "~wily1" is appended to the version uploaded to the Debian
> archive: 7.0.3~rc2-1~exp1.
>
> And so the correct revision for the UbuntuGIS backport is
> 7.0.3~rc2-1~exp1~wily1.

OK, thanks for explanation. Martin

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