On ശ, ഓഗ 20, 2022 at 3:53 വൈകു, Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org> wrote:
On Sat, Aug 20, 2022 at 03:29:59PM +0000, Stefano Rivera 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.ok, I agree that's bad. (but not the case here.)But, epochs aren't used in the upstream tarball filename, so you theneasily get a conflict between the old and the new one.I'd replace 'easily' with 'theoretically in rare cases' but I can see howthis is a valid point, sometimes.
I think the only real consequence for this is a dak reject which can be fixed by a new upload with +debian suffix.
Say when upstream again release 22.3 version, 1:22.3 orig.tar will have a different checksum from 22.3 orig.tar. If at all dak keeps history of the tar after so many releases. At that point, just uploading 1:22.3+debian will allow dak to accept the new tarball. Am I missing something here?
If this is indeed the case, it feels like many people are blindly chanting epoch is evil without really understanding what is at stake really.