Re: Bug#17621: [PROPOSED]: About versions based on dates
Manoj Srivastava wrote:
> Because in this case the version number conveys something
> beyond just a mere number: and consistency in nomenclature helps
> developers, and users, to decipher the version.
Please bear in mind that most people who run into a version number that has
been changed in this way will be inconvienced by it - it will not confirm to
the upstream version number. That's why I think such changes should be made
only when necessary, not sweepingly.
> Joey> Waiting until you need to change to a sane scheme will not generate more
> Joey> epochs. It will generate less, on average.
>
> A policy that spells out how to do this right in the first
> place shall prevent such mistakes in the future totally.
No, it will not. In many cases, epochs will need to be introduced to make
the new version numbering work, that would have not been introduced if this
change was not made. Your argument applies only to new packages.
I think an epoch at some time in the future is preferred to confusing users
about version numbers from day 1.
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