[Alberto Garcia] > I was unaware of this thing and I'm sure I'm overlooking something, > so can someone give a simple example of actual problems introduced by > using epochs?
One real problem is that epochs make it easier to introduce human error in specifying reverse runtime and build deps. E.g.: # in stable Package: libfoo-dev Version: 1:1.4.1-1 # in unstable Package: libfoo-dev Version: 1:1.5.5-2 # in unstable Package: bar Build-Depends: libfoo-dev (>= 1.5) The 'bar' maintainer intended to require the unstable version of libfoo-dev, but in fact the dependency is satisfied from stable as well. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130508103011.gc13...@p12n.org