Non-perpetuation of the llvm-toolchain epoch

[Sylvestre Ledru]

Hello,
OK, sure.
ftpmasters, could you reject llvm-toolchain-snapshot from new?
I will fix what Guillem os asking.
Cheers
S

Le 05/08/2017 à 15:34, Guillem Jover a écrit :
> Hi!
>
> I've noticed that llvm-toolchain 6.0 is now in NEW which sadly
> perpetuates the epoch from the older series. AFAICS the only reason
> for that is that the source package name is llvm-toolchain-snapshot
> instead of say llvm-toolchain-6.0, as it will become once it stops
> being a snapshot. But the fact that it is a snapshot is already
> reflected in the version.
>
> All binary packages generated are versioned so using an epochless
> version source name would cleanly get rid of the epoch. For 6.0 I
> guess it could be asked to be rejected and then reuploaded, otherwise
> this could be done for 7.0?
>
> Please think of an epoch-free Debian, save the versions! :)
>
> Thanks,
> Guillem