[Fedora-packaging] Re: [Bug 192912] Review Request: paps

Michael Schwendt bugs.michael at gmx.net
Tue Jun 20 12:48:48 UTC 2006


On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:16:35 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:

> On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 11:29 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> > Le samedi 17 juin 2006 à 22:06 +0200, Ralf Corsepius a écrit :
> > > On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 16:59 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> > 
> > > > Why and when would they supply a package, which is in Core or Extras
> > > > already, with an incompatible version than what either is in Core and
> > > > Extras or will be in Core or Extras later
> > > E.g. because 
> > > * legal restrictions prohibits Core or Extras to ship them
> > > * developers use repos to ship upstream snapshots for testing.
> > 
> > The snapshot you're not happy about was/is shipped in devel, during at
> > most one week, and is perfectly dogfoodable
> 
> Well, have a look into kde's versions in Core: 
> 3.5.3-0.2.fc5
> 
> # rpmver 3.5.3-0.2.fc5 3.5.2-0.2.1.fc5
> 3.5.3-0.2.fc5 is newer

Typo? 3.5.2 vs. 3.5.3

> # rpmver 3.5.3-0.2.fc5 3.5.2-0.2.fc5.1
> 3.5.3-0.2.fc5 is newer

Same here.
 
3.5.3-0.2.fc5.1 is the way to go.

> Now tell me how to recompile a package from the same sources, but with
> small local modifications (e.g. for testing a patch addressing a bug).
> 
> 3.5.3-0.3.fc5 would do, but that's not a solution to the problem,
> because it's the V-R being reserved for the next official update.
> 
> Ralf
> 
> 
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