RFC: Soname in rpm name

[Rex Dieter]

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Peter Backlund wrote:

> [snip]
>
>> solution. I've searched a bit, and it seems that Mandrake and Debian both
>> have a policy to include the library soname in the package name :
>> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowToAdvanced#Library_policy
>
> Unrelated, but I have to ask: what is the purpose of defining
> name/version/release like this:
>
> %define name    gtkmm
> %define version 1.2.4
> %define release 1mdk
>
> and then:
>
> Name:           %{name}
> Version:        %{version}
> Release:        %{release}
>
> I've seen it in a number of spec files.

I don't see the point of defining name/version/release *twice*. ??

Also, this reply didn't really answer the original question, which was, 
how to release rpm's to provide multiple versions of the same shared 
library.


-- Rex