On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:13:45PM -0500, Orcan Ogetbil wrote: >>>>Sadly, "incompetence" as in unfamiliarity with guidelines which are >>>>assumed to be prerequisites for proper packaging is growing in our ranks >>>>(both from new packagers and from people who ought to know better), >>>>something needs to be done about it. >>> >>> Such as? >> >> * Such as the very issue Michael Schwendt was pointing out (see quote). >> * Such as continuous accidental upgrade path breakage due to widespread >> unfamiliarity with Release/disttag handling (e.g. I keep having to explain >> why and when to use -1.fc12.1 style versioning). >> * Such as the assorted packaging mistakes which are caught by people >> watching the commits list and pointed out on this list (with the offending >> maintainer CCed). >> etc. >> > >I think he is asking what that "something" is when you said "something >needs to be done about it." Correct. josh -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
