On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 10:10 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> > On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 16:49 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
>
> >>> In Extras? No.
> >> Yes. There exist packagers who (In FE devel)
> >> * don't use %{?dist} at all
> >> * some use N%{?dist} and increment N with each iteration.
> >
> > These are correct...
> >
> >> * some use N%{?dist}.M and increment M with each build-iteration
> >
> > ...and these are not. More bugs to file!
>
> I'd argue there are valid cases for using this latter construct(*), like
> fixing a packaging bug/error limited to only one fedora
> release/platform. I'd agree that that it's use should be rare.
IMHO, it is far too easy to abuse, and for people to use it without
understanding why it is dangerous.
> (*) especially for those packagers (like myself) that prefer to keep a
> single specfile sync'd for all fedora releases.
I think it is a minor price to pay to have to bump spec file number for
each dist. No one says you have to _build_ those bumped spec files for
dists where it isn't relevant (as long as you keep dist package NVR
ordering correct, FC3 < FC4 < FC5 < FC6...).
~spot
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