On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 09:13:45PM -0500, Orcan Ogetbil wrote:
>>>Sadly, "incompetence" as in unfamiliarity with
guidelines which are
>>>assumed to be prerequisites for proper packaging is growing in our ranks
>>>(both from new packagers and from people who ought to know better),
>>>something needs to be done about it.
>>
>> Such as?
>
> * Such as the very issue Michael Schwendt was pointing out (see quote).
> * Such as continuous accidental upgrade path breakage due to widespread
> unfamiliarity with Release/disttag handling (e.g. I keep having to explain
> why and when to use -1.fc12.1 style versioning).
> * Such as the assorted packaging mistakes which are caught by people
> watching the commits list and pointed out on this list (with the offending
> maintainer CCed).
> etc.
>
I think he is asking what that "something" is when you said "something
needs to be done about it."
Correct.
josh