[Mageia-dev] Compatibility: %mdkversion macro?

Mon Jan 17 19:45:24 CET 2011

Op maandag 17 januari 2011 18:23:55 schreef Thierry Vignaud:
+> On 17 January 2011 16:58, Colin Guthrie <mageia at colin.guthr.ie> wrote:
+> >> Given the fact that rpm5 is drifting away from the usage of %mkrel for
+> >> using %distepoch, I truly doubt this will happen.
+> > 
+> > I think the mkrels will stay for a while tho' (for ease of backporting)
+> > so I think we'll have some "breathing space" in this regard. I suspect
+> > that once all the wrinkles are ironed out, that we'll also go down the
+> > RPM5 route (which will hopefully be easier for us then), in which case
+> > the distepoch will likely become used by us too.
+> 
+> what for?
+> I would rather stick with other mainstream rpm-based distro and remain
+> with rpm.org
+
+i would as well, however, it might be that rpm5 will become mainstream later 
+on. However, i do think we should agree on using rpm.org until such a time 
+that rpm5 is stable by other rpm-based distro's
+
+personally, i would like some new features, and i'm prepared to work on it; so 
+I might help with maintaining current rpm.
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