Release tag conventions (Was: rpms/libnc-dap/devel libnc-dap.spec, 1.3, 1.4)

Ralf Corsepius rc040203 at freenet.de
Fri Mar 3 09:30:06 UTC 2006


On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 10:20 +0100, Patrice Dumas wrote:
> > Upstream's specs are completely irrelevant for FE. The only thing that
> 
> I think that being able to be in sync with apstream spec is nice, although 
> I agree that it shouldn't lead to bad practices. I don't try to sync
> with upstream in that case, but I think that extending the release isn't 
> such a case.
> 
> > matters is consistency within Fedora.
> 
> It also allows to keep spec file in sync for the different branches.
Non sense. devel must always be greater than the rest.

> It also allows to keep spec file in sync for the different branches.
branches! -- Devel isn't a branch.

> > All you are doing, is adding unnecessary and avoidable complexity.
> Where is the complexity?
Then let me negate it: It is less simple than it could be. These simply
isn't any need to do this.

> > IMNSHO, FE's conventions on release tags should be tighted and
> > explicitly disallow this kind of usage.
> 
> I don't think so. It should be up to the packager.
... Sometimes I feel sooo tired ... 

... I could not disagree more ...

Ralf




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