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Re: libc6_2.0.7 release notes...



On Jun 27, Manoj Srivastava decided to present us with:
> Hi,
> 
> 	Actually, Jason came up with a superior suggestion: let a
>  character (illegal in the current policy) be chosen to be a character
>  that sorts lower than anything else. (the current contender is ~)
>  This char can be placed anywhere in the version --
> 
>  2.0.8~pre1 sorts higher than 2.0.7; 
>  2.0.8~pre1 sorts lower than 2.0.8; 

Superior? It's the same thing ;-)

   2.0.8!pre1

> 	No special "epoch" semantics; `~' just hasspecial sort
>  semantics in that it sort lower than anything (even lower than
>  nothing)

It's a matter of calling it an "epoch" or not. I don't get it,
Manoj. This requires changing dpkg as much as "pre-epochs" do -
in fact, it's the same thing.

confused,
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