fedup f20->f21 kde broken deps

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:51:02 +0100, drago01 wrote:

> So how about:
> 
> 1) Add epoch: N to all FN packages
> 2) Ignore people complaining about epoch being ugly
> 3) FN+1 > FN is always the case because of 1
> 4) Profit
> 
> ;)

That sounds like the years old "Dist Epoch" proposal, where a new epoch
would be added at the RPM level to not conflict with the current Epoch tag.
All packages would need to be rebuilt before a dist release.

Alternatively, it would enter the repo metadata somehow, so tools would
apply a "dist version" check at the repo level and trigger downgrades of
packages based on what dist the repo is made for. Tools could also
recognize whether a package is for Fedora 21.

But yes, another hidden value that affects RPM version comparison would
be really ugly.