On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:17:58 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: > >> Example: > >> - after F7 was branched change the disttag in devel to be ".1" > >> - packages that get build afterwards pick it up > >> - assume we have a mass-rebuild in F8 (we'll have one sooner or later in > >> any case, so lets just assume F8 for now) > >> - F8 gets released and no packages shipped with it have a disttag "fc8" > >> now; new packages build after release get one, as that easier > >> - F9 sees no mass rebuild; packages that were not rebuild during the > >> devel cycle F8 -> F9 can stay as they are; F9 gets release and there are > >> no packages with a ".fc8" in it, so we avoid the confusion we have now > >> (that is: ship F7 with packages that have fc6 in ENVR) > > Yes, it hides/alters the dist tag for all packages that are (re)built > > during the next devel cycle. Those, that are rebuilt frequently, lose the > > "fc" in the dist tag and cannot get it back until a post-release update is > > built. > > Yes. But where is the problem with that? Well, on one hand, .fc6 dist tags in Fedora 7 are considered bad and confusing [*], and on the other hand, you eradicate "fc" in dist tags of packages, which are updated during the devel period. So, many packages in Fedora 8 would have .1 instead of a .fc8 as the dist tag, and although they are for Fedora 8 actually, it cannot be seen in the file name. Either the users expect Fedora 8 packages to have .fc8 in the name, or they are confused by packages, which don't have .fc8 in the name, or they don't care. * = Is this crusade against a inherited packages based on experience with a significant number of confused users (e.g. based on reports in message boards)? -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
