On Thu, Jun 28, 2018 at 12:58:28PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote:
> Wouter Verhelst writes ("Re: Bug#891216: seconded 891216: Requre d-devel
> consultation for epoch bump"):
> > Incorrect epochs are a nuisance at best.
>
> The problem is that they are a permanent nuisance. This discussion
> was prompted when someone caused significant trouble by *only* bumping
> the epoch. (We have other text saying not to do that but I don't
> think that text would have prevented the error.)
>
> > Yes, it's correct that epochs cause confusion, because some bits of our
> > infrastructure drop the epoch in the filename. I submit that that is in
> > fact a bug in that bit of infrastructure; epochs are a critical part of
> > the version number, and they should not be dropped, ever.
>
> There are very good reasons why epochs are dropped in filenames. I'm
> afraid I stand by that decision.
While I agree with the consultation requirement, the epoch in filename
is a different issue. The only reason I saw mentinned was that using
':' was problematic. However why not use another separator then ?
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballo...@debian.org>
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