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Von: Max Horn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: Do, 6. Mär 2003 13:14:15 Europe/Berlin An: Ben Hines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Betreff: Re: [Fink-devel] Epoch
Am Donnerstag, 06.03.03 um 04:12 Uhr schrieb Ben Hines:
Sure I am always willing to help the slow witted. 8-)
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 10:14 AM, Max Horn wrote:
At 12:29 Uhr -0500 05.03.2003, Benjamin Reed wrote:Max Horn wrote:But my motivation to agree to this is most definitely not due to what the debian policy says. We are not debian! Sure we can look at how they do things, and if we like it, do it the same way, but I feel in no way bound to this. In particular, they ask to avoid epochs as much as possible, with no reason given (that I could find, please quote to prove me differently, would be much appreciated). The only reason given was by Kyle and others, which is that Epochs have to stay around the whole life time of a package... now, how is that a problem? I honestly don't see how it is a problem, so any explanation would be much appreciated, too.
The reason I see it as a problem is just as a usability issue. Packagers will know what version 1:3.0.2-4 means, but regular users won't.
Usually there should be no need to display the epoch to end users at all...
Bute no need to argue much about this, if we all can agree to the "0" trick you proposed
.. um, Max, the "0" trick is completely consistent with my views and debian's policy. How does debian's policy and your views differ again, explain in slow words so i can understand. :)
I ... am ... not ... agreeing ... with ... the ... quote: "It is not intended to cope with version numbers containing strings of letters which the package management system cannot interpret". I ... am ... only ... willing ... to ... agree ... to ... this ... "0" ... approach ... as ... a ... compromise ... because ... everybody ... seems ... to ... want ... to ... avoid ... epochs ... for ... this ... purpose. I ... do ... not ... agree ... with ... the ... reasoning ... though. But ... I ... do .... not ... care ... too ... strongly ... about ... it.
Max
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