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Re: Debian and Y2K Compliant Versions



On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Gavin Lewis wrote:

> I've noticed that many packages are named with versions like 
> foo-980710-1.0-1, which will cause problems when the next century
> arrives.

They'll still be working. And the new versions, after 1999 can be uploaded
with version numbers like 20000401, so no problem with them, either.

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