"Yann" == Yann Dirson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yann> Needed: Some technical info about why people consider epochs as bad. > Yann> It seems most arguments only used aesthetic reasons. Please someone > Yann> correct me if I'm wrong.
Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You'd be hard pressed to find any. One possible reason could > be that the actual ordering of numbers would be confusing to humans > (since epochs are not encoded in files names, epochs can be used to > set up ordering of revisions in a fashion that is totally different > from what one may assume looking at the names of the files) The primary objection to the use of epochs is that they're unnecessary. Why use a version prefix (which has a very large scope) when using a version suffix (which has a much smaller scope) will do? Anyways, it's a solved problem at this point... -- Raul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
