[Mageia-dev] Compatibility: %mdkversion macro?

Mon Jan 17 05:45:39 CET 2011

On Saturday, January 15, 2011 04:07:56 pm Anssi Hannula wrote:
+> Hi all!
+> 
+> Should we have a %mdkversion (and %mdkver/%mdvver) that is hardcoded to
+> 201100 for the time being, or should we not have one at all?
+I am for having it to remain compatible
+> 
+> Not having it will cause any src.rpms that have any
+> "%if %mdkversion < x" to fail to build.
+> 
+> I'm strongly in favor of having it for compatibility reasons, so that
+> most MDV src.rpms keep building on Mageia for the time being, including
+> those provided by any 3rd party packagers.
+> 
+> Not having the macro will cause us to lose that compatibility for very
+> little benefit, IMO. It could maybe be removed after several releases,
+> but not before.
+I think we should have compatibility as much as possible. This would make it 
+much easier to use the same spec on both disti's. We don't need to create more 
+work than really needed.
+> 
+> However, it seems blino disagreed with this, and he thinks we should not
+> have these macros at all.
+> 
+> What do other people think?
+
+-- 
+Thomas
+