Why do we need FC version attached to the package name?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Tue Jun 23 22:46:28 UTC 2009


Ben Boeckel wrote:
> However, if you're upgrading to the DVD, yes, there will be
> broken deps from updates-testing. Since updates-testing of
> F(n-1) is a moving target that can pass GA of Fn's NVR set very
> quickly, forcing F11 > F10 in all cases is unacceptable and
> would stunt releases that aren't (Rawhide - 1).

The problem is not just updates-testing. Stable updates have overrun F11
too, in fact for KDE they did before F11 was even released. Upgrading from
the installer DVD, or any other method which doesn't include updates, is
broken by design.

        Kevin Kofler




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