Epoch numbers [Was: 'outdated' packages in rawhide]

[Aleksey Nogin <aleksey nogin org>]

It seems that a part of the reason that many novices are confused by 
epoch numbers is that they are missing from the package file names, rpm 
-q output, etc. Because of this the existence (and importance) epoch 
number is not immediately obvious, so any epoch-related problems 
surprise people at first.

Based on this observation, I have filed

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118227
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=118228

RFEs asking for the inclusion of the epoch numbers in the package 
filenames and the default rpm query format. I would imagine that this 
might be a bit too late in the FC2 cycle for such a change, but IMHO 
this is something definitely worth considering.

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