Re: caret in package version?

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On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 09:44:01AM +0200, Maxim Burgerhout wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Just quickly checking before I file a bug.
> 
> The package containing ag (called "the_silver_searcher") currently has a
> caret symbol (^) between the version and the snapshot info. The guidelines
> seem to say about having shapshot information in the release tag:
> 
> Those items which are present are combined (with periods to separate them)
> to construct the final Release: tag. In the usual notation where square
> brackets indicate that an item is optional:
> 
> Am I correct in understanding that the caret symbol in this case should
> actually be replaced by a period:
> the_silver_searcher-2.2.0^2020704.5a1c8d8-1.fc34.x86_64.rpm?

The caret syntax a semi-recent rpm addition (2 years old at this point?).
Packaging guidelines don't currently specify caret usage, but there's
a ticket open to add that [1].

[1] https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/904

> Reason I'm asking: this seems to be a fairly recent change and it breaks
> mirroring Fedora using Nexus.

General usage of ~ and ^ in versions is (most likely) coming soon. So
Nexus will have to adjust anyway. The sooner the better.

Zbyszek
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