Warren's Package Naming Proposal - Revision 1

[Rex Dieter]

Warren wrote:

>
> C-4. Dist tag


OK, here's the good part... (-:

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> In cases where the same SRPM and patchlevel is used between two or more
> distributions supported by Fedora, a dist tag is appended to the end of
> the release tag defined in C-2 and C-3.  The dist tags with the
> following examples appear to be only cosmetic, however the a different
> E-V-R is needed between distributions to ensure dist upgrading works
> fully in all corner cases.
>
> Dist Tag for Normal Packages:
>      %{X}.%{disttag}

...

> Example:
>      foobar-1.2.3-1_0.7.3.i386.rpm

Did you mean %{X}_%{disttag} or %{X}.%{disttag}??  I guess either one 
works, as long as you're consistent.

-- Rex