What to do with release number on new EL-5 branch

[Conrad Meyer]

On Sunday 26 July 2009 01:47:55 pm Richard Fearn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just had an EL-5 branch created for my disktype[1] package. The
> new branch is a copy of the devel branch, so the NVR is currently
> disktype-9-5.
>
> Should I build the package as-is (so the first EPEL version is 9-5),
> or clear the changelog and start from 9-1 again for the EL-5 branch?
>
> I looked on a few pages[2][3][4] for information on this, but couldn't
> see anything.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich
>
> [1]: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/packages/name/disktype
> [2]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Using_CVS_FAQ_for_package_maintainers
> [3]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackageMaintainers/CVSAdminProcedure
> [4]: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL/GuidelinesAndPolicies

There is nothing wrong with starting at 9-5.

Regards,
-- 
Conrad Meyer <cemeyer at u.washington.edu>