Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...

[Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>]

Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net> wrote:
> When properly used epochs do not hang around forever. Consider the
> situation where epochs are supposed to be used:
> 
> Upstream           Debian
> 
> 1.0                  1.0
> 2.0                  2.0
> 3.0                  3.0
> 2.0                1:2.0
> 3.0                1:3.0
> 4.0                  4.0
> 
> Here, the epochs only "hang around" as long as they are needed to get past
> the overlap in version numbers.

Er.. no.  epoch 1, version 3 comes after epoch 0, version 4.  Otherwise,
epochs would be worthless.

-- 
Raul


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