Re: Debian versioning question

[Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>]

Hi!

On Sat, 2023-11-11 at 03:28:21 +0000, Wookey wrote:
> On 2023-11-10 23:44 +0100, Preuße, Hilmar wrote:
> > On 10.11.2023 03:10, Wookey wrote:
> > > I think your options are
> > > 1) add an epoch (which exists to deal with this sort of problem)
> > > 
> > Well, would like to avoid it, if possible.
> 
> There is no real reason to avoid epochs

Oh, but there are! See <https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/Dpkg/FAQ#epochs>.

> but they always feel a bit
> 'ugly' so people do tend to avoid them if they can.

That's the lesser of the issues with epochs. :)

Thanks,
Guillem