Kind request: Set release version to "10" (was: Retain upgrade paths)
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue Sep 30 16:39:40 UTC 2003
Sean Middleditch wrote:
> Could someone please explain why the distro version matters in any way
> shape or form for any packages save the two or three things like
> 'fedora-release' ?
(clean) Upgradability from packages currently in fedora, before Fedora Core
existed.
> If you're package is depending on the distro
> version, and not the actual components in the distro, your package is
> probably broken.
In general, I agree with you. I can also assure you, there are good
reasons for (sometimes) doing it, but I digress...
If you read the original post, Axel's concern to upgradability from the
previous fedora release naming standard. A concern of mine is that I
maintain packages for all redhat releases going back to rh73, and I do it
all from a single src.rpm, and dynamically generate a Release tag based
upon the contents of /etc/redhat-release. Like Axel, I also would like to
maintain upgradability from previous releases. I argue that having to
increment Epoch solely for the purpose overcoming the Release drop (9 ->
0.9 ) to maintain upgrade paths is yucky.
-- Rex
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