deb version number (ping Thomas Wiegner)

Since upgrading from Ubuntu maverick to natty, I've been getting this
message a lot while using dpkg or aptitude:

#v+
dpkg-query: warning: parsing file '/var/lib/dpkg/status' near line 91930 package 'slrn':
 error in Version string 'pre1.0.0-26': version number does not start with a digit
#v-

I asked about it on ubuntu-users & got this suggestion:

  Contact the developer and ask them nicely to update their package
  naming convention?

  https://answers.launchpad.net/launchpad/+question/147533

What do you think?


BTW, the version in the natty repository is "1.0.0~pre18-1.1", so your
maverick version is still ahead.  :-0


thanks,
Adam


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