EPEL8 and using the minor release bump

[Scott Talbert]

Hi,

I've noticed that (mostly Smooge) has been using the minor release bump 
(e.g., the .1 after the ?dist)

<pkgrel>[.<extraver>][.<snapinfo>]%{?dist}[.<minorbump>]

in initial EPEL8 package versions that have been branched from Fedora.  I 
just want to understand the reasoning behind this.  I would think the main 
motivation would be if there was an upgrade path between EPEL8 and Fedora, 
but I don't think such a thing would ever exist.

I guess it might also make sense if a packager plans to maintain a single 
spec for Fedora and EPEL8(?), but not if EPEL8 is going to be maintained 
as a separate branch.

Thanks,
Scott

[Stephen John Smoogen]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 12:31, Scott Talbert  wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed that (mostly Smooge) has been using the minor release bump
> (e.g., the .1 after the ?dist)
>
> <pkgrel>[.<extraver>][.<snapinfo>]%{?dist}[.<minorbump>]
>
> in initial EPEL8 package versions that have been branched from Fedora.  I
> just want to understand the reasoning behind this.  I would think the main
> motivation would be if there was an upgrade path between EPEL8 and Fedora,
> but I don't think such a thing would ever exist.
>
> I guess it might also make sense if a packager plans to maintain a single
> spec for Fedora and EPEL8(?), but not if EPEL8 is going to be maintained
> as a separate branch.

I will say that I was doing this via cargo-cult. I noticed hat people
were doing this for packages which were mainly minor build changes and
we have a lot of cranky people who want consistency between their
branches. I rely on them being less cranky at me so I followed what
was being done in their packages across the board.

If that however is not what I was supposed to do.. I apologize.
> Thanks,
> Scott
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[Scott Talbert]

On Tue, 20 Aug 2019, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> > I've noticed that (mostly Smooge) has been using the minor release bump
> > (e.g., the .1 after the ?dist)
> >
> > <pkgrel>[.<extraver>][.<snapinfo>]%{?dist}[.<minorbump>]
> >
> > in initial EPEL8 package versions that have been branched from Fedora.  I
> > just want to understand the reasoning behind this.  I would think the main
> > motivation would be if there was an upgrade path between EPEL8 and Fedora,
> > but I don't think such a thing would ever exist.
> >
> > I guess it might also make sense if a packager plans to maintain a single
> > spec for Fedora and EPEL8(?), but not if EPEL8 is going to be maintained
> > as a separate branch.
>
> I will say that I was doing this via cargo-cult. I noticed hat people
> were doing this for packages which were mainly minor build changes and
> we have a lot of cranky people who want consistency between their
> branches. I rely on them being less cranky at me so I followed what
> was being done in their packages across the board.
>
> If that however is not what I was supposed to do.. I apologize.

No problem here - I just wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking 
anything.

Scott