[Fedora-packaging] version-release for different branches
Stanislav Ochotnicky
sochotnicky at redhat.com
Wed Sep 12 08:51:32 UTC 2012
Quoting Tom Lane (2012-09-11 19:27:08)
> Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky at redhat.com> writes:
> > What some people don't like is that F16/17 git history will contain
> > mention of F18 mass rebuild, but that is (again IMO) a very minor
> > "issue".
>
> FWIW, I beg to differ. There is no problem at all if you skip over
> release number 3 in some branch, but having a specfile changelog that
> lies about what happened in that branch is a bad idea. It'll lead to
> confusion later.
If the commit was anything else than raising release tag and adding a
changelog entry I'd completely agree. As originally stated, I am aware
of opinions like yours and even if I don't agree...it's up to maintainer
to decide in the end (unless one of us brings the issue in front of
FPC/FESCO :-) ).
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Stanislav Ochotnicky <sochotnicky at redhat.com>
Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno
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