SPECS: makewhatis.spec (NEW) - added - linux port of FreeBSD

Andrzej Krzysztofowicz ankry at green.mif.pg.gda.pl
Sat Jul 9 14:38:52 CEST 2005


Patrys :: Patryk Zawadzki wrote:
> Dnia 09-07-2005, sob o godzinie 14:05 +0200, Michal Moskal napisa=B3(a):
> > On 7/9/05, Fryderyk Dziarmagowski <freetz at gmx.net> wrote:
> > > > For me this is perfectly human readable. What if I were to call my
> > >=20
> > > maybe. but not for me.
> > >=20
> > > > encryption package ZW5jcnlwdAo (for example because it is how it
> > > > encrypts some word)? You would propose a different name?
> > >=20
> > > well, it doesn't matter how it sounds. we're talking about numbers (for
> > > your information).
> >=20
> > So, if I ware to call a particular version this way? Who said versions
> > need to be numeric...
> 
> The point is - at one point we might decide to use another port of
> makewhatis with different versioning scheme. Current approach will force
> us to bump the epoch.

If we decide to switch to another port of some package it is rather unlikely
that it uses the same versioning scheme. So bumping epoch is just for such
cases...

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