Hi Holger, On 26-11-2020 10:01, Holger Levsen wrote: > Also I find 1:1.8.3 not ugly at all, for most use cases this is 1.8.3 > so I would go with that. And if someone complains about the 1: epoch > one can always point to the upstream issue explaining why this has > happened.
If I recall correctly, the issue with epoch's is not it's ugliness. We had multiple threads on this list and it even ended up in policy (5.6.12) to consult this list (bug #891216 [1]). I don't recall what the exact problems were with epoch's (and couldn't spot it skimming that bug report), just that there were technical issues with its use. Paul [1] https://bugs.debian.org/891216
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