pre-release kernel release tag

[Tom "spot" Callaway]

On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 13:59 -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> I propose we change the release format for snapshot kernels.
> Now we get e.g.:
> 
> kernel-2.6.23-0.89.rc2.git2.fc8
> 
> and I suggest instead:
> 
> kernel-2.6.23-0.rc2.git2.89.fc8
> 
> That is, put the spec file version number last, not first.  This way, when
> we forget to reset fedora_cvs_origin after a rebase, we don't have to wait
> for the next kernel version to do it, just the next gitN.
> 
> We can't make this change until 2.6.23 sails, since for rpm version
> comparison rc* is < any [0-9].

Please don't do this. The kernel package is finally compliant with the
Fedora Packaging Guidelines and this change would break it again.

The reason we prefix with the 0.# is to prevent versioning comparison
madness.

If you need to do a fast rebuild, append a .# after the %{?dist}.

~spot