RE: naming of newt package

At around Wed, 5 Aug 1998 16:43:07 +0200, "Frock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> may have mentioned: > Stephen J. Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What this doe sis make the version name part of the package. This is done > > because often differnt versions are incompatible with eachother. > >

Re: naming of newt package

On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 04:43:07PM +0200, Frock wrote: > Stephen J. Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > What this doe sis make the version name part of the package. This is done > > because often differnt versions are incompatible with eachother. > > It i scommon with libraries > > T

RE: naming of newt package

Stephen J. Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What this doe sis make the version name part of the package. This is done > because often differnt versions are incompatible with eachother. > It i scommon with libraries > The problem is normally when you install a new version of a packag

Re: naming of newt package

On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 02:36:53PM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi- > > i've been wondering...why is newt named things like 'newt0.21' or > 'newt0.25' instead of 'newt_0.21' or 'newt_0.25'? > > looking at the answer to question 6.3 in the debian faq, it appears > that 'newt0.21' and 'new