[virt-tools-list] [PATCH 0/2] Change versioning scheme to help Windows builds

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Mon Jun 9 11:48:22 UTC 2014


On Mon, Jun 09, 2014 at 12:34:37PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
> In RHEL we're hitting a problem with our versioning scheme
> when doing our so-called "z-stream" builds. Basically the
> problem is that Windows versions are limited to 3 components
> all under 255.255.65536, but with RHEL RPM versions we've
> got either 4 or 5 components to squash in. We're already
> munging 2 components into the 3rd part of the Windows version
> and cannot practically munge in a 3rd. So this series changes
> us to use 2-component version numbers, leaving more space for
> buildid numbers. See the 2nd patch for full details.

One thing I forgot to mention is that we should actually do
a new release. We've alot of stuff piled up since 0.6.0 came
out that's worth getting into the hands of users.

Regards,
Daniel
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