Re: Negative version components
Giuliano P Procida writes:
> There is the question as to whether epochs should be extended to all
> version components but there has not been much comment on that yet.
Yes, I noticed that too ...
> With luck, ~ will ensure epochs are never needed again (famous last
> words).
At least, not for dealing with prerelease issues. They will still be
needed when upstream change their numbering scheme in an incompatible
way, which is anyway the reason they exist for ...
--
Yann Dirson <ydirson@mygale.org> | Stop making M$-Bill richer & richer,
isp-email: <ydirson@a2points.com> | support Debian GNU/Linux:
debian-email: <dirson@debian.org> | more powerful, more stable !
http://www.mygale.org/~ydirson/ | Check <http://www.debian.org/>
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-policy-request@lists.debian.org
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
Reply to: