Peter S Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:49:38PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote:
>> [policy 3.1.2]
>> > 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?
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