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Re: Epoch for node-markdown-it



Hi Holger (2022.08.20_00:04:13_+0000)

> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 06:00:44PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
> > Epochs cause problems, [...]
> 
> which are? (I agree they are ugly and should often be avoided, but I don't
> see any unsolved problems with them, which is why I'm asking.)

The standard one is that people use them to revert an upload.
But, epochs aren't used in the upstream tarball filename, so you then
easily get a conflict between the old and the new one.

SR
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