On disttags (was: Choosing rpm-release for fc1 and fdr add-on rpms)
Rex Dieter
rdieter at math.unl.edu
Tue May 18 19:01:40 UTC 2004
On Tue, 18 May 2004, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On May 18, 2004, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 18 May 2004, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> >> Oh, that's what you want disttags for? Sorry, but it isn't going to
> >> work.
>
> > I disagree, it certainly can work, if used properly. This is exactly
> > what many 3rd party repos are doing *right now*.
>
> Yeah, but they do it in a totally different way.
>
> The way 3rd party repos do it is to have the very same sources built
> for multiple OS versions.
Yes, exactly. In the case where that is not true, dist_tags are
harmless, so this shouldn't be used as an argument against using them.
-- Rex
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