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Re: Debian part of a version number when epoch is bumped



>>>>> Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org> writes:

    > 3.1
    > 3.11
    > 95
    > 98
    > 2000
    > 1:5.1+XP         # or 2001+XP or something
    > 1:5.2+Vista      # or 2006+Vista or something
    > 1:7
    > 1:8
    > 1:8.1
    > 1:10

    > Ignoring the epoch would be actively harmful here: if you have a versioned
    > dependency on Windows >= 8, it would be incorrect for Windows 95 to
    > satisfy that dependency.

At that moment, /me was enlightened.


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