On Fri, 2 Dec 2016 20:28:02 +0100 Bartłomiej Piotrowski <bpiotrow...@archlinux.org> wrote:
> On 2016-11-28 08:26, Antonio Rojas wrote: > > El Mon, 28 Nov 2016 01:34:38 +0100, Bartłomiej Piotrowski escribió: > > > >> There is no way to remove epoch, ever. I know it looks ugly for some > >> packagers, but there is nothing to be ashamed for. We have it for a > >> reason, and if it's been added, it stays. > > > > I thought AUR packages were unsupported. Sure, it is nice to give them a > > higher version number when they are moved to the official repos to allow > > for a smooth upgrade, but that shouldn't be an enforced rule IMO. And > > removing epoch is a reasonable enough reason not to do it. > > > > They are, but have we ever told users to uninstall a package that's been > in AUR before upgrading to the repository version? I don't recall > something like that. This is just two characters more in resulting > package version. > > Bartłomiej > Yes, I believe that was the upgrade path for gitlab.
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