unversioned upstream source
Peter Gordon
peter at thecodergeek.com
Mon Jul 10 22:55:15 UTC 2006
Mike McGrath wrote:
>> What do you think about that issue? What do you think is best practice
>> and why?
> I'd say best practice is to query upstream and ask them to start
> providing a version.
>
> -Mike
+1
That would make it simpler for the Fedora packager as well as packaging for
other distributions/OSs. Plus, it's also a nicer way to keep archives of old
versions just in case. (For example: Version 1.1 may work, but 1.2 may have a
regression, and the only way to reliably compare the two is from their source
tarballs.
Note: This generally doesn't have to be a specific x.y(.z) version scheme or
similar. Some projects use datestamps for their versions.
My $0.02...
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Peter Gordon (codergeek42)
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