bzr-builder does not take epoch into consideration when using {debupstream} in recipe

[Rohan Garg]

Binary package hint: bzr-builder

Hi
When you use {debupstream} in recipes, it seems the epoch from the changelog is left out.I consider this to be a bug since the resulting version is less than the one in the archives effectively rendering the package useless since apt will always prefer 1:foo over foo.
Also, {debupstream} is designed to take in the debian version without modifications, disregarding the epoch from the package version fails the purpose of {debupstream}

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: bzr-builder (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-14.19-generic 2.6.35
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Aug 5 22:46:06 2010
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100727)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: bzr-builder

[James Westby (james-w)]

Hi,

Thanks for the bug report.

We'll see what other issues people have around epochs and decide which way
to go, whether changing the existing variable, adding a new one, or something
else.

Thanks,

James

[Reinhard Tartler (siretart)]

Any news on this issue?