From 9fbc30a63fb7c0a9a9558a1d656b3138921b0f03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: P. J. McDermott Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:36:46 -0400 Subject: Remove the "Version" field from `control`. --- diff --git a/specs/source-package-format-2.0.txt b/specs/source-package-format-2.0.txt index 05645df..2b72f90 100644 --- a/specs/source-package-format-2.0.txt +++ b/specs/source-package-format-2.0.txt @@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ source package format: - The user can choose to build all binary packages, only architecture-independent binary packages, or only architecture-independent binary packages. See section 5 for rationale behind this design. + * The source package version is no longer included in `control`. + - It is already given in the most recent entry in `changelog`. 5. Rationale @@ -428,20 +430,6 @@ The fields in the source package metadata are: must be at least two characters long and must start with either a letter or a digit. - * `Version` (required) - The version number of the package. The format is: - - [-] - - `` is the version of the original upstream package, if - any. - - `` is the version of the distribution packaging. It is - optional and should be omitted for native packages. It should be - incremented for each uploaded revision of packaging for the same upstream - package version. It should be reset for the first uploaded revision of - packaging for a new upstream package version. - * `Maintainer` (required) The name and e-mail address of the package maintainer. This field must follow the syntax of the `mailbox` symbol in RFC 5322 section 3.4. -- cgit v0.9.1