Inconsistent package tags

n0dalus n0dalus+redhat at gmail.com
Mon Jun 25 02:34:24 UTC 2007


On 24 Jun 2007 20:31:22 -0500, Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs at math.uh.edu> wrote:
> n> 369 (216) packages with fc8 in the release tag (shouldn't we be
> n> using f8?)
>
> No, it's fc8.  f8 would sort less than fc7, causing badness.

I know, but its still undesirable to need to put 'fc' in every package
of every release from this point on. Could packages be moved over to
f8 by using release numbers, epochs or some other rpm hack?

> n> (27) packages with no fedora version in the release tag
>
> What's wrong with that?
>

Technically nothing, but my point was that its inconsistent.

n0dalus.




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