On 15 January 2014 07:39, David C. Rankin <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > All, > > Updating different minimum dependency package version info for tde PKGBUILDs, > I note there have been a number of 'version number format' changes for various > packages. E.g.: > > filesystem 0.x.y-z ==> 2013.05-2 This has been the format since at least April 2008. [1] > usbutils 0.x.y-z ==> 006-1 And this since January 2011. [2] > There is a big difference going from filesystem>=0.7.3 to filesystem>=2013. > When I run across packages like this where the version has changed format -- Are > they likely going to stay with the new format? Or will they likely revert back > to major.minor-rel numbers at some time? There is always a reason for the change, enforced by upstream or necessitated by a move to a different release source (e.g. VCS). I can't recall filesystem's history, but it might have been due to the need for a version format that makes sense for such a package. And the versioned dep you are citing is probably a leftover that got updated. Anyway, as Daniel already said, changes like this shouldn't bother you now that epoch is used to force upgrades in the event vercmp returns negative. [1] http://goo.gl/AA6Xn9 [2] http://goo.gl/5Dm5k3 -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1
