Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Making microbranches popular

[Miles Bader]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 02:25:22PM -0800, Tom Lord wrote:
> For upwards compatability, this would have to remain an arch
> package-version name:
> 
>       emacs--21.3             # is a version with empty branch name
> 
> but this change would make the following a new valid package-*branch*
> name:
> 
>       emacs--21.3a            # is a branch with no version id
> 
> Is the inevitable resulting user confusion really worth it?

I suspect the number of people that use empty branch names is very small
anyway though.

Anyway, in what circumstances does it actually make a difference in use?

-Miles
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