Re: libcurl2 7.12.0-1 breakage and its removal from unstable
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 02:03:31AM -0500, Graham Wilson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 11:54:14AM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> > 1) use epoch. the easiest solution, the one i like less.
> >
> > 2) upload with version like 7.12.0.is.7.11.2-1. almost easy as 1)
> > but would mean an ugly version for sarge.
> >
> > 3) removal of curl 7.12.0-1 from unstable.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > should 3) being not feasible i'll move with 2). i can't believe i'm
> > going to release sarge with 0 bugs on curl and a ugly version... sob :(
>
> I don't see what the problem with using an epoch is; after all, this is
> the kind of situation they seemed to be designed for. Using an epoch
> seems like the easiest solution. Why are you opposed to using one?
"Then everybody will see I made a mistake, and everybody will continue
to see that three years from now, and I don't want that".
Which is silly, 'cause everybody makes mistakes every once in a while.
Epochs are there exactly to fix mistakes. Nothing's wrong with them.
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