On Wed, 12 May 2004 12:41:42 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > Therefore I want to choose these rpms release tags in such a way that > they "play it nicely" with Fedora Core and Fedora Extras. > > I.e. I want choose my rpm tags in such a way, that Fedora > Core/Updates/Extras/Legacy packages shall replace my rpms once Fedora > Core/Updates/Extras/Legacy should release the same packages. That's what the fedora.us package naming guidelines address. You can find the Fedora Legacy package naming guidelines on their own website. > Theoretical example: Suppose the legal situation of a package changes, > and you would consider to move this package from Livna to Fedora Extras. > How would you deal with that? > > ATM, Fedora/Stable uses 0.fdr.x.1, Livna uses 0.lvn.y.1. It's the classical "repotags suck" example. :) Similarly, disttags cause problems too, so preferably the ".fdr" and ".lvn" would be dropped. > You could increase the actual "release number" (use 1.fdr.*) - AFAIU, > this would contradict the Fedora.US versioning policy, because it would > cause problems with Fedora Core. Which would be fine nevertheless, since at some point in time, a bit of coordinating would not hurt and existing packages in fedora.us should not be ignored. > Or to bring it to the point: Which release-tag do you (Fedora US) > recommend for my purposes? Stick to the current one for the time being.
