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| -rw-r--r-- | specs/spf-2.0/metadata.mdwn | 17 |
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diff --git a/specs/spf-2.0/metadata.mdwn b/specs/spf-2.0/metadata.mdwn index 9683fc6..dd0a749 100644 --- a/specs/spf-2.0/metadata.mdwn +++ b/specs/spf-2.0/metadata.mdwn @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ Source Package Version Identifier [src-ver] In general, the syntax of source package version identifiers is: - <pkgver>[+sip<siprev>][-<pkgrev>][+<dist>~<distrev>] + <pkgver>[+sip<siprev>][-<pkgrev>][+<dist>~<distrev>][~bpu<distnum>+<bpurev>] `<pkgver>` is the version of the original upstream package or the native package. It may only consist of lowercase Latin letters, digits, periods, @@ -162,3 +162,18 @@ to `<dist>` of a new upstream package version, source archive repack, or distribution packaging revision. It must be a string of one or more digits, the first of which must be greater than or equal to `1`. (A regular expression for this is `[1-9][0-9]*`.) + +If the package is to be backported from `trunk` or another distribution into a +different distribution other than `trunk`, the string `~bpu<distnum>+<bpurev>` +must be included in the version identifier. `<distnum>` is a numeric +distribution version identifier for the distribution to which the package is +backported. It must be a string of one or more digits, the first of which must +be greater than or equal to `1`. (A regular expression for this is +`[1-9][0-9]*`.) `<bpurev>` is a number that should be incremented on each +backport to distribution version `<distnum>` while `<pkgver>`, `<siprev>`, +`<pkgrev>`, `<dist>`, and `<distrev>` remain constant. It should be reset to +`1` for the first backport to distribution version `<distnum>` of a new upstream +package version, source archive repack, distribution packaging revision, or +installation into a distribution other than `trunk`. It must be a string of one +or more digits, the first of which must be greater than or equal to `1`. (A +regular expression for this is `[1-9][0-9]*`.) |