Package EVR problems in FC+FE 2007-03-22

[Michael Schwendt]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:32:38 +0100, Tomas Janousek wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 02:46:21PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > You compare a dist tag with a minor release number, which breaks the
> > entire scheme. RPM doesn't see any decimal point. It compares 4 with
> > 4 and 1 with fc6. Same applies to
> 
> What scheme does it break?

The goal of the %dist tag.

Using a %dist tag forces you into a specific versioning scheme that
doesn't violate the upgrade path between dists. On one hand, you
acknowledge that. On the other hand, you advocate your own incompatible
versioning scheme.

> >   4.0 > 4.fc6
> >   4.0 > 4.Gold
> >   4.0 > 4.a
> 
> 4.0 > 4. That's all, it works. If I said "first compare the numbers,

4.0 > 4  is string comparison, not comparison of numbers.

> than the
> crap after them", it'd be true in these cases, even if that's not the way it's
> done internally.
>
> Seems like I really don't see your point.

Then we share something, since I don't see any point in your destructive
replies at all. I'm starting to regret that I've posted the original
message to this list.