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| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
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diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-October/019208.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-October/019208.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f00360285 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/2012-October/019208.html @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] epoch number [Was: version scheme blocks mgarepo submit] + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20epoch%20number%20%5BWas%3A%20version%20scheme%20blocks%20mgarepo%0A%20submit%5D&In-Reply-To=%3C506E7A6F.5040903%40laposte.net%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="019207.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="019210.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] epoch number [Was: version scheme blocks mgarepo submit]</H1> + <B>andre999</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20epoch%20number%20%5BWas%3A%20version%20scheme%20blocks%20mgarepo%0A%20submit%5D&In-Reply-To=%3C506E7A6F.5040903%40laposte.net%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] epoch number [Was: version scheme blocks mgarepo submit]">andre999mga at laposte.net + </A><BR> + <I>Fri Oct 5 08:13:03 CEST 2012</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019207.html">[Mageia-dev] epoch number [Was: version scheme blocks mgarepo submit] +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019210.html">[Mageia-dev] epoch number [Was: version scheme blocks mgarepo submit] +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19208">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19208">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19208">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19208">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>Johnny A. Solbu a écrit : +><i> On Thursday 04 October 2012 10:56, EatDirt wrote: +</I>>><i> adding an epoch number +</I>>><i> (that can not be removed later) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> I'm sure I'm not the only one confused about this epoch thing, so I'll ask. +</I>><i> What is an epoch? (I think I know it's function, but still) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And why can it not be removed once instated? No, really, why? +</I>><i> +</I> +It is like a more-than-major version, which allows +e.g. version 3.4 with epoch 1 to be treated as more recent than + version 3.5 without epoch. +If epoch once defined is removed in subsequent versions, +these subsequent versions will be treated as older than any version with +epoch defined, so once defined, epoch can't be removed (without changing +the name of the package). +Epoch can be increased like other version numbers, if the need arises. + +Evidently, if a package version error is caught early enough, the use of +epoch can be avoided. + +-- +André +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="019207.html">[Mageia-dev] epoch number [Was: version scheme blocks mgarepo submit] +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="019210.html">[Mageia-dev] epoch number [Was: version scheme blocks mgarepo submit] +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#19208">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#19208">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#19208">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#19208">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |