[32715] trunk/doc-new/guide/xml/portfile-keywords.xml

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Jan 11, 2008, at 16:51, markd at macports.org wrote:

> -          <para>If an epoch is used it must must never be  
> decreased or reset
> -          to zero, because this would always cause a port version  
> comparison
> -          to be incorrect after a port upgrade.</para>
> +          <para>An epoch is not needed for most ports. If an epoch  
> is used it
> +          must never be decreased without updating the port's  
> version number;
> +          this will cause port version comparisons to be  
> incorrect.</para>

I was led to believe that an epoch should never be decreased, ever,  
once it has been added to a portfile, even if the port's version is  
increased. I understood that the epoch takes precedence over the  
version. Do you have new information to the contrary?