On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > That would be bad. Do that and then the Packages file needs regenerating, > the package needs to be re-signed by everyone, and things will get upgraded, > and apt[1] will redownload it all over again, just because of something > changing like an internal signature by the archive maintainer (think > signing all packages for a release).
Er, why would you crank the version number if you add a signature? (I'll defer using loud words to explain why adding signatures like that never happen until you actually make a proposal..) > This also gives us another good reason for UUID's. We can now have a > mechanism to do binary-only uploads for ports, without changing the Er no. Not unless your `UUIDS' are strictly ordered and increasing with time. Then all they are is a version component that is not shown. Jason
