[EPEL-devel] Re: Packages to be untagged from epel-next

On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:31:37 +0000 Sérgio Basto sergio@serjux.com wrote:

Hi, Is not an negative feedback, is a side note but I realize some time ago that version with next is bigger than version without next [1] therefore we should find a way that the el8 version be greater than the el8.next version.

[1]

rpmdev-vercmp 1.el8.next 1.el8

1.el8.next > 1.el8

I already suggested adding requirement to do a release bump when building from epel-next to epel.

https://pagure.io/epel/pull-request/259

I find it important that new, compatible with new rhel build has bigger version-release than epel-next build.