On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 02:27:23PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
Axel Thimm (Axel.Thimm(a)physik.fu-berlin.de) said:
> > The beta will have redhat-release-0.94-1 (epoch 1).
>
> That is ugly in multiple ways. Leaving all other reasons for not
> using epochs aside, this will break all upgrade paths from embedded
> disttags like 7.3, 8.0 or 9.
It's a new release model, hence a new release number. Fedora Core 10
doesn't make sense.
It does, if you want to retain upgrade paths ...
> Also keep redhat-release as a proper package carrying that
version
> information.
The package will still provide redhat-release, use that. Obviously
you haven't tried to build packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. :)
Do I hear someone willing to fund a license? ;)
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