On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 13:59 -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> I propose we change the release format for snapshot kernels.
> Now we get e.g.:
>
> kernel-2.6.23-0.89.rc2.git2.fc8
>
> and I suggest instead:
>
> kernel-2.6.23-0.rc2.git2.89.fc8
>
> That is, put the spec file version number last, not first. This way, when
> we forget to reset fedora_cvs_origin after a rebase, we don't have to wait
> for the next kernel version to do it, just the next gitN.
>
> We can't make this change until 2.6.23 sails, since for rpm version
> comparison rc* is < any [0-9].
Please don't do this. The kernel package is finally compliant with the
Fedora Packaging Guidelines and this change would break it again.
The reason we prefix with the 0.# is to prevent versioning comparison
madness.
What? I didn't propose removing the 0. prefix. What is the problem?