On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 15:52 +0900, Warren Togami wrote: > Ralf Corsepius wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 13:22 +0900, Warren Togami wrote: > >> http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewcvs/*checkout*/devel/libevent/libevent.spec?root=extras&rev=1.2 > >> > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> This is just a reminder to please do not include the %{?dist} suffix in > >> the version field within a package %changelog like in this example > >> package. > > > > How do you want us to avoid it in cases, where you have to branch > > releases/"walk side ways" release-wise? > Simply hard-code dist in the changelog if you have to branch sideways > and diverge from the other distros. I personally don't include the dist > in changelogs at all in any packages when it is exactly identical > between distros, but if they differ then it is good to differentiate it. This renders maintaining packages complicated. > Hard coding is the only clean and future proof way. My conclusion is quite the opposite to what you say: Always encode %{dist} into changelogs is the only clean way. Ralf -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
