Re: pre-release kernel release tag

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> 
> On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 13:59 -0700, Roland McGrath wrote:
> > I propose we change the release format for snapshot kernels.
> > Now we get e.g.:
> > 
> > kernel-2.6.23-0.89.rc2.git2.fc8
> > 
> > and I suggest instead:
> > 
> > kernel-2.6.23-0.rc2.git2.89.fc8
> > 
> > That is, put the spec file version number last, not first.  This way, when
> > we forget to reset fedora_cvs_origin after a rebase, we don't have to wait
> > for the next kernel version to do it, just the next gitN.
> > 
> > We can't make this change until 2.6.23 sails, since for rpm version
> > comparison rc* is < any [0-9].
> 
> Please don't do this. The kernel package is finally compliant with the
> Fedora Packaging Guidelines and this change would break it again.
> 
> The reason we prefix with the 0.# is to prevent versioning comparison
> madness.

What?  I didn't propose removing the 0. prefix.  What is the problem?

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