On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Panu Matilainen wrote:
If limiting visibility of the epochs is the argument, then why is it ok for end user tools such as pirut (not to mention yum itself and all related tools) to show them?
gui tools != *nix pipeline tools -- if this is an unknown distinction, we are all doomed.
Epoch, like or not, has a checkered history; Arch is even stinkier with multilib.
Change the silly default macro if one wishes, but be prepared to support explaining why it is different for many years to come.
Heavens, we still see questions about the rpm -ba -> rpmbuild transition, 5 years later.
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