[Mageia-dev] Compatibility: %mdkversion macro?

Tue Jan 18 08:24:19 CET 2011

Op dinsdag 18 januari 2011 02:07:32 schreef Thomas Spuhler:
+> 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?
+
+afaik every distro uses rpm with different patches and extra features. but i 
+can be wrong.
+
+In any case, there are some thing like the automatic dependency chooser which 
+can improve (no change to spec files), and things like that...
+