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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