On Fri, 01 Oct 2004 12:53:02 +0100, Paul Howarth wrote: > > > And what's with the '37' on the front of the version number? > > It's an "Epoch" number. Epochs are used to indicate a change in version > numbering schemes, so for instance version 0.1 of an "Epoch 2" RPM will be > seen by RPM as being a later version that version 7.5 of an "Epoch 1" RPM for > the same package. Quite why the Fedora RPMs use such a high Epoch number I > don't know. It makes sense to increase the Epoch also for changes in the software's API/ABI, so e.g. Mozilla plugins and other dependencies can require the minimum Mozilla package version more accurately. -- Fedora Core release 2 (Tettnang) - Linux 2.6.7-1.494.2.2 loadavg: 4.35 3.92 2.89
