On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 06:57:58PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Cédric Boutillier wrote: > > Antonio Terceiro wrote: > > > I am planning to revert ruby-rack on unstable back to upstream version > > > 1.4.x by using an epoch. ruby-rack 1.5.x breaks rails session > > > management, and as a consequence, redmine. > > > > Thanks for taking care of this. > > ... > > About the epoch, as I said earlier on IRC, I think it might be better to > > go with a 1.5.2+really1.4.5-1 or something similar since: > > - it is supposed to be a temporary fix. Having to cope with an epoch > > indefinitely because of this issue would be a pity > > - packages depending on ruby-rack >= 1.5 will be broken in unstable > > anyway with or without epoch. > > I also would also like to vote for 1.5.2+really1.4.5-1 rather than an > epoch. This seems like a temporary transitional problem more suitable > for a fancy version rather than an epoch. The current problem will > eventually be past us but an epoch is forever. The epoch is really > more suitable for when version schemes change significantly such as > going to or from dates as versions and that type of thing which have > no end and therefore require an epoch to correct.
ok, agreed. -- Antonio Terceiro <terce...@debian.org>
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