Re: PW#5-15: Package versions based on dates
On Tue, Jan 13, 1998 at 11:34:32PM +0100, Christian Schwarz wrote:
> To prevent having to use epochs for every new upstream version,
> the version number should be changed to the following format in
> such cases: `96-05-01', `96-12-24', and starting with the year
> 2000 `2000-12-24'.
That will mean we'll need to use epochs for all these starting in 2000.
Since we're going to need four digit years soon anyway, it would be better
to use them now.
That doesn't mean we should change upstream packages that only use two digit
years.
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