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Re: When to upgrade?



> Is there any reason to upgrade to a later version of a package if the only
> thing that has changed in the package name is the "package release number"?
>                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> For example:    package-1.01-1  to  package-1.01-2    (package release changed)
> As opposed to:  package-1.01-1  to  package-1.02-1    (package version changed)
> 
Maybe I'm being intentionally dumb (my normal state of mind) but what 
consists the difference between 'version' and 'release' change ?
Is version chance like, gcc 2.5.8 to 2.6.3  and then release change 
only consists some debian stuff what has changed ?
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