On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:42:53PM +0100, Daniel Bonniot wrote: > Epochs are a pain, if only because the look ugly and because they can > never be gotten rid of. Is this the only solution? > > Would it work if, say, classpath built a new package > 'jikes-with-classpath' (whatever the name, but a new one), which > 'Replaces: jikes-classpath' and 'Conflicts: jikes-classpath' ? Classpath > could then keep its version number, and upgrades should still happen > automatically.
I second the renaming strategy to avoid epoch problems. We could call the renamed packages: jikes-for-xyz . Etienne -- Etienne M. Gagnon, Ph.D. http://www.info.uqam.ca/~egagnon/ SableVM: http://www.sablevm.org/ SableCC: http://www.sablecc.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
