Choosing rpm-release for fc1 and fdr add-on rpms
Michael Schwendt
fedora at wir-sind-cool.org
Wed May 12 11:49:51 UTC 2004
On Wed, 12 May 2004 12:41:42 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Therefore I want to choose these rpms release tags in such a way that
> they "play it nicely" with Fedora Core and Fedora Extras.
>
> I.e. I want choose my rpm tags in such a way, that Fedora
> Core/Updates/Extras/Legacy packages shall replace my rpms once Fedora
> Core/Updates/Extras/Legacy should release the same packages.
That's what the fedora.us package naming guidelines address. You can find
the Fedora Legacy package naming guidelines on their own website.
> Theoretical example: Suppose the legal situation of a package changes,
> and you would consider to move this package from Livna to Fedora Extras.
> How would you deal with that?
>
> ATM, Fedora/Stable uses 0.fdr.x.1, Livna uses 0.lvn.y.1.
It's the classical "repotags suck" example. :)
Similarly, disttags cause problems too, so preferably the ".fdr"
and ".lvn" would be dropped.
> You could increase the actual "release number" (use 1.fdr.*) - AFAIU,
> this would contradict the Fedora.US versioning policy, because it would
> cause problems with Fedora Core.
Which would be fine nevertheless, since at some point in time, a bit of
coordinating would not hurt and existing packages in fedora.us should not
be ignored.
> Or to bring it to the point: Which release-tag do you (Fedora US)
> recommend for my purposes?
Stick to the current one for the time being.
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