[vorbis] Debian versioning problems

[Hugo van der Merwe]

> > Anyone know how I can persuade a debian system that a version number like 
> > '1.0-1' is actually greater than '1.0rc3-1', for the purpose of dependencies?
> 
> When calc uploaded the official Vorbis 1.0 debs, he bumped the version
> number to 1.0.0-1.

That's the more elegant approach, yes. The other one is to use an
"epoch", e.g. 1:1.0-1 ... (this is good for e.g. custom kernel packages
where you don't want a default one ever overriding your custom one, but
this is now getting OT for a Vorbis mailing list, my apologies.)

Hugo van der Merwe

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