Re: epoch fix?

[Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe@d.umn.edu>]

On Tue, May 7, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Thorsten Glaser <tg@debian.org> wrote:
> Matt Zagrabelny <mzagrabe <at> d.umn.edu> writes:
>
>> Use the mechanism of "really":
>
> That is *much* *much* *much* *much* *much* *much* *much* *much* *much*
> *much* *much* *much* *much* *much* *much* *much* more ugly than epochs
> and actually a prime example of why we *want* them.

epochs never go away - AIUI. They detract from meaningful information
in the version string.

I am not a proponent of "+really" - I agree that they are ugly, but
they do go away. I wanted to suggest a mechanism for working around
unnecessary epochs.

-mz