On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:16:35 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote: > On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 11:29 +0200, Nicolas Mailhot wrote: > > Le samedi 17 juin 2006 à 22:06 +0200, Ralf Corsepius a écrit : > > > On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 16:59 +0200, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > > > > > Why and when would they supply a package, which is in Core or Extras > > > > already, with an incompatible version than what either is in Core and > > > > Extras or will be in Core or Extras later > > > E.g. because > > > * legal restrictions prohibits Core or Extras to ship them > > > * developers use repos to ship upstream snapshots for testing. > > > > The snapshot you're not happy about was/is shipped in devel, during at > > most one week, and is perfectly dogfoodable > > Well, have a look into kde's versions in Core: > 3.5.3-0.2.fc5 > > # rpmver 3.5.3-0.2.fc5 3.5.2-0.2.1.fc5 > 3.5.3-0.2.fc5 is newer Typo? 3.5.2 vs. 3.5.3 > # rpmver 3.5.3-0.2.fc5 3.5.2-0.2.fc5.1 > 3.5.3-0.2.fc5 is newer Same here. 3.5.3-0.2.fc5.1 is the way to go. > Now tell me how to recompile a package from the same sources, but with > small local modifications (e.g. for testing a patch addressing a bug). > > 3.5.3-0.3.fc5 would do, but that's not a solution to the problem, > because it's the V-R being reserved for the next official update. > > Ralf > > > > -- > Fedora-packaging mailing list > Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging > -- Michael Schwendt <mschwendt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Fedora Core release 5 (Bordeaux) - Linux 2.6.16-1.2133_FC5 loadavg: 1.05 1.02 1.00 -- Fedora-packaging mailing list Fedora-packaging@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-packaging
