Re: galeon needs mozilla = 37:1.7.2

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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.

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