Package Naming Guidlines
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Thu Apr 8 18:29:06 UTC 2004
Toshio wrote:
> On the new proposal front: I would like to propose that the separator
> between release and disttag be changed from a '.' to a '.0' for the
> following reasons:
>
> 1) It more clearly separates between disttag and the rest of the release
> making things more easily parsed by the human eye which is part of the
> separator's purpose.
(this will be the last time I say this, I promise) I would like
re-iterate my opinion, that for lack of further justification (other
than your preference for something prettier), we stick with '.'
> 2) It's compatible with current practice (replace = rpm -U <RPM>):
This is, of course, an absolute prerequisite for *any* proposal.
-- rex
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