[Fedora-packaging] Reusing the same git module for different compat versions?

[Ralf Corsepius]

On 05/06/2012 05:11 AM, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
> On 05/04/2012 08:12 PM, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> On 05/04/2012 05:47 AM, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote:
>>> Does the FPC allow having a single 'compat-vala' Git module, that
>>> would target the API level one lower than the one shipped in the main
>>> vala package, for every supported Fedora release?
>>
>> I'm ok with that

Such unversioned "compat-packages" would implement "rolling 
compatibility", i.e. would not provide "long-term compatibility with a 
specific version to end-users", but would only provide a "'one fedora 
release cycle' delay to Fedora packagers".

I do not see much sense in this and would prefer such packages to be 
banned.

> Thanks; in addition, my reviewer came up with an example of an
> unversioned compat package (libwbxml-compat), so it looks like there's
> also precedent for this.
Well, you can probably find precedences for all kind of packaging 
mistakes in Fedora ... ;)

Ralf