"Interim releases": if you NMU a new upstream version (0.1), run

[developers-reference.git] / developers-reference.sgml

diff --git a/developers-reference.sgml b/developers-reference.sgml
index 7d80cba7723ca60208bd399b4e5702b86cf6ba30..da075a0665fd913370b4ea5bb02ece71995bff83 100644 (file)
--- a/developers-reference.sgml
+++ b/developers-reference.sgml
@@ -1046,7 +1046,10 @@ If it is absolutely necessary for someone other than the usual
 maintainer to make a release based on a new upstream version then the
 person making the release should start with the <var/debian-revision/
 value `0.1'.  The usual maintainer of a package should start their
-<var/debian-revision/ numbering at `1'.
+<var/debian-revision/ numbering at `1'.  Note that if you do this,
+you'll have to invoke <prgn>dpkg-buildpackage</prgn> with the <tt/-sa/
+switch to force the build system to pick up the new source package
+(normally it only looks for Debian revisions of '0' or '1').
        <p>
 Maintainers other than the usual package maintainer should make as few
 changes to the package as possible, and they should always send a