Re: Back Again

[Les Mikesell <lesmikesell gmail com>]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> You have to break the built-in assumption that the newer version of a 
> package always carries a later version number. The whole reason for the 
> epoch is the automatic assumption regarding version and release numbers.

Wouldn't that mean you'd have to keep and parse all the metatdata for 
all versions of packages in a repository which can contain many updates 
of every package instead of only considering the highest version package 
name when a version number is not specified in the command?

By the way, has anyone examined the mechanisms used by rPath's conary? 
I'd expect Erik Troan to know all of RPM's faults.

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