[Scummvm-devel] ScummVM 1.0.0: Release status 2009-08-20. Tagging is tomorrow

[Willem Jan Palenstijn]

On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:52:20AM +0200, Frantisek Dufka wrote:
> Eugene Sandulenko wrote:
> > Hi Team,
> > 
> > Tagging for 1.0.0rc1 is tomorrow.
> 
> I still consider myself Debian packaging newbie but I think the rc1 in 
> name causes trouble for debian naming. Basically 1.0.0anything is 
> considered greater/newer version than plain 1.0.0.
> 
> Any Debian expert here? How should I properly name rc1 package so final 
> 1.0.0 is greater and will be offered as upgrade?

I think '1.0.0~rc1'. See
http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/footnotes.html#f33

-Willem Jan