On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 03:46:48PM +0100, Vincent Untz wrote:
Le mardi 20 janvier 2009, à 15:37 +0100, Dominique Leuenberger a écrit :
On 1/16/2009 at 2:01 PM, Vincent Untz <vuntz@opensuse.org> wrote: So, any idea what are the usual problems where epoch is solved, and what are the recommended solutions?
I think a typical problem might be that you created / published a version with a completely broken version tag (typo in the spec file).
so instead of having VersionL 1.0.1 you wrote Version: 10.1
In this case of course, the user will never ever get an update anymore until the package really reaches this version.
Yep, that's the only use case I'm aware of.
This is a use-case where Epoch can help you out... (as it's just an added version information in front of the real version).
But... what about the policy to not use Epoch? :-) Is it okay in this case? (if yes, we should specify this)
No, never use Epoch. You can never get rid of it again for this package. Ciao, Marcus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org