[Mageia-dev] [RPM] cauldron core/release kphotoalbum-0-1.mga2

Sat Sep 10 20:13:49 CEST 2011

2011/9/10 Jani Välimaa <jani.valimaa at gmail.com>:
+> 2011/9/10 Balcaen John <mikala at mageia.org>:
+>> Le Samedi 10 Septembre 2011 20:24:25 Jani Välimaa a écrit :
+>> [...]
+>>> > version here is 1.0 & the Release is set to %mkrel -c git %gitdate
+>>>
+>>> What if you need to do some (minor) changes? Which part of release do
+>>> you bump when using the same git release?
+>>>
+>>> For example '%mkrel -c git%{gitdate} %{rel}' would be better as then
+>>> there are "release" part which you can bump after changes. My example
+>>> expands to something like 0.git20110908.1.mga2..
+>> Sure,
+>> you can of course add a %rel tag after if you want to do some changes
+>> since 0.git20110908.1.mga2 is > 0.git20110908.mga2
+>>
+>
+> Yes, I know but I meant it should be there from the start, for
+> consistency. IMHO it should be noted somewhere in release tag that
+> it's the first release, even in this "special" case. And like it's
+> done in normal release tag.
+>
+
+Also, I have one example why the %rel part should be there from the start.
+
+What if we have some tool (like 'mdvsys update') which bumps release
+(semi-)automatically? If there's no %rel part it probably bumps the
+%gitdate part which is not intended.
+