Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...
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On 23 Jun 1998, James Troup wrote:
> Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> writes:
>
> > The current problem can be solved by a version suffix and therefore
> > does not require an epoch.
>
> Eh? Almost any version-number problem can be solved by a version
> suffix[1]. What's your point? Are you saying we don't need epochs?
> Or anyone using epochs is opting for the ``poor'' solution?
>
> [1] 2.9.1-0.1.this.is.really.2.8.1 anyone?
The point, I think, is that 2.0.7r is exactly the upstream version number
(2.0.7) plus a suffix (r). However, 2.9.1-0.1.this.is.really.2.8.1 is not
that way, because the non-suffix part (2.9.1) is not the upstream version
number (2.8.1, really).
Using epochs is adding things "to the left", while using prefixes is
adding things "to the right". If we can add things "to the right"
to solve a version-number problem at the same time we keep the main
version number intact, then we don't need an epoch.
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