On 15 June 2014 14:30, Stefan Tatschner <rumpelsepp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > just because I'm inquisitive. What's the purpose of version numbers with > a colon? I've seen this in several packages, e.g. this one [1]. Upstream > version number is 5.0.2 and arch version number is 1:5.0.2. > > Regards, > Stefan > > [1]: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/python-setuptools/ > This is the `epoch` as explained here https://www.archlinux.org/pacman/PKGBUILD.5.html
