Re: Bad version number based on date advice in policy?

[Josip Rodin <joy@srce.hr>]

[reposting to proper forum]
On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 04:51:47PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
> >> > I would suggest using 0.YYYYMMDD to avoid using epoch when upstream
> >> > finally decides to use version 1.0 instead.
> >> 
> >> What's wrong with using an epoch?
> > 
> > Most people would prefer not use them if they can avoid it.
> > I suppose they are rather ugly and they need to be explained to people
> > outside of Debian.
> 
> And somehow 0.YYYYMMDD is more elegant or requires less explanation?

Epochs are more inelegant because they never go away, and rather have a
tendency of needing increases, which has a tendency of getting more confusing;
the ^(0\.)+ parts, on the other hand, disappear when the program authors
migrate to 1.0 or whatever.

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