[Solved] Package version format confusion: 1:0.16.17-1 = 1.0?

I'm having troubles understanding the versioning scheme used above. According to the libtorrent site, the latest version of libtorrent-rasterbar is 1.0, released on 2014-07-02. Our package has the "last updated" date of 2014-07-24, so I assumed we have the most up-to-date version. However, on the download page of libtorrent, there is both the 1.0 version and a 0.16.17 version. Is the arch package out of date or not? If yes, why is the "weird" 1:0.16-17-1 format is used?
Last edited by Soukyuu (2014-07-28 15:41:31)

Without knowing anything about libtorrent or its history in our repos, that version number hints that it may have been downgraded in the repos due to a problem with the 1.0 line.
The initial "1:" is an epoch number which is incrememented whenever the actual version number decreases yet the lower number should replace the higher in a normal upgrade.
So speculating, I suspect libtorrent 1.0 was added to the repos replacing 0.16, but a bug or problem or some conflict with other repo packages was found. So for the time being, it was downgraded back to 0.16.17 until those problems can be resolved, and thus the "1:" was appended. To figure out if this was the case, or why this would have happened, check the repo history, mailing lists, and bug tracker for information.
But to answer your core question, no 1:0.16.17-1 != 1.0
EDIT: oops - is this about libtorrent-rasterbar, or libtorrent? My answer (and the version number in your title) are just for the former.
Last edited by Trilby (2014-07-28 12:45:01)

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