When to bump the build?

[seth vidal]

On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 20:22, Warren Togami wrote:
> Jesse Keating wrote:
> > A recent problem found in the 8.0 build of tcpdump shows that 
> > autoconf213 is needed to complete the build correctly.  Because of 
> > this, we need to modify the current candidate for publish in bugzilla.  
> > Since we will be modifying it, should we bump the build ID up one more 
> > on the package?  I think yes, as it shows clearly a newer package 
> > within the ticket.  I'm pretty sure that RH goes through a few bumps 
> > internally, as there can be a jump in the number from update to update.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> 
> RH's policy is ANY PACKAGE THAT LEAVES YOUR LOCAL SYSTEM must always 
> bump the release number.
> 

rh has a policy now?? Wow - can any of the rest of us mere mortals get a
copy of it?

or is this like the rest of the policies I've heard of? There are as
many policies as there are packagers?

-sv