Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...
On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 1998 at 08:32:41AM -0400, Dale Scheetz wrote:
> > 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.
>
> The upstream version numbering is incompatible with our package management
> tool, which seems to fit your reason just fine. Therefore use epochs.
>
What is with this snake like facination with epochs?
Epochs are intended to be a fix for version number overlap.
This, on the other hand, while it does deal with version numbers, the
similarity ends there. This is a temporary problem that is better solved
by some careful planning in the future. (Yes, it is a recurring problem,
but each time, it is temporary.)
Luck,
Dwarf
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