Comment 2 for bug 404613

Hi Curtis,

Ubuntu and Debian series version will always conform to debversions (I presume due to dpkg), but I think this is not necessarily intentional or needed. All the other series and milestones hosted in LP might not follow the peculiar interpretation of '~', '+' and ':', for instance.

debversion is strictly necessary for debian sources and binaries, that we can't change, however series and milestones could follow a much simpler and more natural version mechanism.

We must consult the ubuntu team and verify if they depend on something special from debversion before deciding. Noting that, as far as I can see, 'sane_version' sorting will be identical with sorted_version_numbers or debversion.