[Mageia-dev] Compatibility: %mdkversion macro?

Tue Jan 18 02:07:32 CET 2011

On Monday, January 17, 2011 11:45:24 am Maarten Vanraes wrote:
+> 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.
+Wouldn't then our rpm not be compatible with anybody else?
+-- 
+Thomas
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