[pkg-golang-devel] Epoch version for golang-github-gomodule-redigo-dev?

[Paul Gevers]

Hi Holger,

On 26-11-2020 10:01, Holger Levsen wrote:
> Also I find 1:1.8.3 not ugly at all, for most use cases this is 1.8.3
> so I would go with that. And if someone complains about the 1: epoch
> one can always point to the upstream issue explaining why this has
> happened.

If I recall correctly, the issue with epoch's is not it's ugliness. We
had multiple threads on this list and it even ended up in policy
(5.6.12) to consult this list (bug #891216 [1]). I don't recall what the
exact problems were with epoch's (and couldn't spot it skimming that bug
report), just that there were technical issues with its use.

Paul

[1] https://bugs.debian.org/891216

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