> Why? And is this "no, no" or "<no answer>, no"? ;) > > I think bumping the version to 3.0 is more than justified (especially > in relation to yum 1.x vs 2.x). Future distinction will be easier to > make in yum 1, 2 and 3 eras. I disagree and I'm not really interested in debating a completely arbitrary version number change. > I am not really concerned on the server-side, but more on the > client-side. For example today's FC2 repos (or even RH7.3 repos like > Fedora Legacy) may want to switch to the new metadata format. Offering > both metadata formats on the server is not a real issue, but offering > both clients for a transition period will be due to common naming. It > would be nice to find a common way to deal with it (e.g. renaming yum > 2.0.x to yum-2.0). If someone tries to run yum 2.1.X on rhl 7.3, they're going to be in for a lot of pain. Not the least of which will be related to python 2.2 and the rpm packages. But if someone wishes to do that, more power to them, just don't expect me to bend over backward for them. -sv
