Josip Rodin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hiding epochs actually has adverse effects (I've seen several dependencies > get broken because the epoch was forgotten), so that's not a particularly > happy feature...
Point taken. However, the alternatives to epochs can also be error-prone since they deviate from the actual upstream version number. > The policy should discuss this in any event, and then the developer can > make a decision depending on their circumstances. Sure, as long as the discussion does not involve any prejudice against using epochs. -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt
