Packaging ardour 4.0

[Jonas Smedegaard]

Quoting Adrian Knoth (2015-04-20 11:30:50)
> On 04/19/15 14:13, Adrian Knoth wrote:
>
>> Last not least, we should probably cut down on the number of ardour 
>> versions in Debian. Nobody supports a2 anymore, same for a3. It's a
>
> Would it make sense to exclude a2 from Jessie? Removal request?
>
> I wonder if it's possible to reintroduce a package without the epoch 
> field by removing it first everywhere. Assuming it is not installed in 
> jessie, one wouldn't need to worry about version comparison later.

The way an epoch could be dropped is by 1) removing the package 
completely from Debian, 2) wait for two full stable release cycles (or 
arguably only one), and then 3) reintroduce the package again.


> Or am I too concerned about the epoch number?

I believe so, yes.

They are a minor cosmetic nuisance, and may (because of being rare) 
cause errors in package dependencies, but should not be considered 
broken in itself.


 - Jonas

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