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[Josh Boyer]

On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 08:22 +0100, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> On 09.01.2007 02:16, Josh Boyer wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 11:55 -0700, Lamont Peterson wrote:
> >> On Monday 08 January 2007 04:13am, buildsys at redhat.com wrote:
> >>> Updated Packages:
> >> [snip]
> >>> kernel-2.6.19-1.2906.fc7
> >>> ------------------------
> >>> * Sun Jan 07 2007 Dave Jones <davej at redhat.com>
> >>> - 2.6.20rc4
> >> So, Dave ...
> >> 1.  Is this a 2.6.19 or 2.6.20 kernel (or that changelog entry a typo)?
> > 2.6.20rc4  He can't increment the version to 2.6.20 until the official
> > release because of RPM NVR rules.  E.g. 2.6.20rc4 > 2.6.20
> 
> Sure he can -- we even have rules for that; those suggest to call it 
> 2.6.20 even afaics:
> http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/NamingGuidelines#head-d97a3f40b6dd9d2288206ac9bd8f1bf9b791b22a

Hm, I had very much forgotten about that.

> If I would review the kernel for the extras merge I'd say "fix this". 
> But I suspect davej won't like to call the kernels 2.6.20 (e.g. 
> 2.6.20-1.2906.rc4.fc7 for example) before they are actually 2.6.20

Neither would I.  It's not 2.6.20.  It's 2.6.19 + patches. :)

> This will be one of the problem areas we'll probably have to deal with 
> when it comes to reviewing Core packages for the Extras merge.

Perhaps.  Maybe we'll come to some sort of agreement fairly quickly.

josh