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Bug#971023: Version field (5.6.12) and colons



On Sat, Nov 07, 2020 at 01:01:28PM -0700, Sean Whitton wrote:
> diff --git a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> index 0d7a3e9..a21a510 100644
> --- a/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> +++ b/policy/ch-controlfields.rst
> @@ -552,8 +552,7 @@ The three components here are:
> 
>  ``epoch``
>      This is a single (generally small) unsigned integer. It may be
> -    omitted, in which case zero is assumed. If it is omitted then the
> -    ``upstream_version`` may not contain any colons.
> +    omitted, in which case zero is assumed.
> 
>      Epochs can help when the upstream version numbering scheme
>      changes, but they must be used with care.  You should not change

I don't consider this a normative change tbh (after the previous change
already forbidding multiple colons).
If it's really needed, consider it seconded by me.

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