My thoughts on repotag

[Michael Schwendt]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 11:52:17 -0500, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 13:50 +0100, Dag Wieers wrote:
> 
> > It makes not difference what the release is. Whether it influences the 
> > release comparison or not, releases cannot be compared between 
> > repositories. There is no relation.
> 
> Alright. So, I was under the assumption that repotag was being used to
> compare packages between repositories. This is apparently not the case.
> 
> Can you reiterate the actual problem that we need to solve here? :)
> 
> It may turn out that using a repotag solves a problem, but I'd much
> rather approach the problem before arguing about the solution.

The repotag is supposed to be a human-readable repository identifier in
the package NEVR.

Its sole purpose is in aiding users in choosing the right bug tracking
system where to report problems with a repository's packages during
a repository mixing scenario.

The side-effects and consequences of extending %release are ignored.  It's
called a trade-off without interest in the alternative solutions like
"Vendor:".