On Čt, 2015-11-19 at 20:59 +0000, Sérgio Basto wrote:
On Qua, 2015-11-18 at 17:11 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> > > > > > "SB" == Sérgio Basto <sergio(a)serjux.com>
writes:
>
> SB> When we fix the .spec and don't change the source, we bump
> rightmost
> SB> version, when we change the source, we bump the left version, so
> we
> SB> can distinguish when we update the source and when we updated the
> SB> .spec, this contrast for me is important.
>
> For me, the simple rule that a Release: tag less than 1 implies
> prerelease software, while a Release: tag of 1 or greater implies a
> post-release package, is important. So far the proponents of this
> change haven't shown what things would actually look like after this
> change, so it's hard for me to come up with a reason to change my
> opinion.
prerelease numbering can't begin with 0 and increased to 0.1 because :
next version of foo-0.b would be foo-0.1.b and "b">1
Nope, 1>"b" in rpm version compare.
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Tomas Mraz
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