Just a comment on some package details:
On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 08:18:31 +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote:
> Summary: gtkhtml library compatability version > Name: compat-gtkhtml3 > Version: 3.0.10 > Epoch: 0 > Release: %{epoch}.%{my_build}
"Epoch" is really just an added method to influence RPM
version-release
comparison. A package with an epoch higher than the epoch in any other
package is considered "newer" (=higher overall version), regardless of
%version-%release. Expanding %epoch in %release doesn't make sense.
Last time I read the packaging guidelines - Fedora.us wanted the epoch specified in the release tag. Using the %{epoch} ensures that happens and matches the real epoch.
Furthermore, they wanted it to be the first number.
They may have changed the guidelines though - if you ask me, they were WAY to complex. Not impossible to understand, but too complex nonetheless.
