[Fedora-packaging] [Vote] Multiple version naming overly restrictive

[Chuck Anderson]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 11:16:43AM -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> For many reasons, it is sometimes advantageous to keep multiple versions
> of a package in Fedora to be installed simultaneously. When doing so,
> the package name should reflect this fact. One package should use the
> base name with no versions and all other addons should note their
> version in the name.
> '''
> 
> This gives the maintainer the leeway to choose whether the package is
> best served by having the latest version carry the unadorned name
> forward or the previous version.

How does this proposal relate to the kernel package?