* Wouter Verhelst <wouter@debian.org> [2022-08-22 14:55]:
Someone using 22.something rather than 12.something in a version number, to me, sounds like someone making a "serious mistake". So this is *exactly* what epochs are meant for!
+1
The something+reallysomethingelse convention is evil and should never have been invented in the first place. It's extremely confusing to users, and an epoch is *hidden* from them.
I find it very useful to temporarily downgrade a package. For instance, it is a great stop-gap measure if an ABI breakage happened in a shared library, and you need a bit of time to talk to upstream and arrange for a proper transition to a new SONAME. The key word is "temporary"; personally, I'm thinking more in terms of weeks or months, not years or decades. Cheers Timo -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ╭────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ │ Timo Röhling │ ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ │ 9B03 EBB9 8300 DF97 C2B1 23BF CC8C 6BDD 1403 F4CA │ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ ╰────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯
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