On 2013-05-09 00:25:06 +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Let me try to explain where the difference lies. Consider the following > sequences of uploads: > > foo_4 > foo_5 > foo_1:4 > foo_1:6 > > bar_4 > bar_5 > bar_5really4 > bar_6 > > Two kind of "bugs" in (build-)dependencies on these packages could happen: > > 1) > > "foo (>= 5)" doesn't guarantee you that you get upstream version 5 or later. > You need to use "foo (>= 1:5)".
To avoid this bug, shouldn't the epoch be ignored in comparisons for dependencies (unless this is made explicit)? -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- 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/20130511230334.gd26...@ioooi.vinc17.net
