Re: epoch fix?

[Bart Martens <bartm@debian.org>]

On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 10:16:28AM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le mercredi 08 mai 2013 à 05:04 +0000, Bart Martens a écrit : 
> > Michael Biebl wrote :
> > > The usage of really (...) that you don't have to fix all r-deps to include
> > > the the epoch in the Build-Depends.
> > 
> > Why would adding an epoch cause the need for adding the epoch in the
> > build-dependent packages ?
> 
> Because otherwise these build-dependent packages will not bring the
> version they actually need?
> 
> You know, what build-dependencies are for.

I know what build-dependencies are for, thank you. :-)  The question is why
epoch would need more updating of Build-Depends than with the "really"
approach.  I'm missing Michael Biebl's point.

Regards,

Bart Martens