When to bump the build?

[Warren Togami]

seth vidal wrote:
> 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?
> 

Well, it seems to be enforced by script that prepares package for their 
build system, so it is well understood.

Warren