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Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...



On 23 Jun 1998, James Troup wrote:

> (Sorry for the AOL, but...) Well said; I wish people would get over
> their epoch-phobia already.
> 
And I wish people would stop suggesting a poor solution.

Epochs are not, were never, intended to be used for this purpose. They are
only for dealing with upstream renumbering that would cause conflicts.

This is not a phobia, but an unwillingness to use the wrong method.

Luck,

Dwarf
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