On Oct 24, 2006, at 11:48 AM, Michael Jennings wrote: > On Tuesday, 24 October 2006, at 10:48:16 (-0700), > Blake Barnett wrote: > >> And even still, it shouldn't matter. If people are going to change >> their source for the packages (especially going to the main >> repository), they need to remove all the packages from conflicting >> repositories. > > Then why did you put the epoch in there to begin with? Might it have > been to easily override/replace the packages from other repositories > without as much manual intervention? Hmmmm.... :-)
We did it because it was a support nightmare to explain why the main repository packages always took precedence, even though their version was lower. It "works as expected" for users this way. > > Now people start to see why cAos policy forbids epochs. Epoch is like > suicide: it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Bow down to him! Bow down to the almighty mej in all his profound glory! Hallelujah! -Blake ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
