[Mageia-dev] Updates and 0 release

Michael Scherer misc at zarb.org
Tue Jul 26 19:42:55 CEST 2011


Le mardi 26 juillet 2011 à 19:21 +0200, Samuel Verschelde a écrit :
> Le mardi 26 juillet 2011 18:26:25, Anssi Hannula a écrit :
> > On 26.07.2011 18:48, Samuel Verschelde wrote:
> > > Le mardi 26 juillet 2011 12:40:02, Michael Scherer a écrit :
> > >> Hi,
> > >> 
> > >> while trying to work on the queue of update needing a push, I noticed
> > >> that almost all of them use a "Release: 0".
> > >> 
> > >> Since this has a specific meaning ( ie, used for pre release, or svn
> > >> snapshot ), using this for updates is quite confusing, and I do not see
> > >> the reason for that.
> > >> 
> > >> If the goal is to be sure that the software is still upgradable, the
> > >> whole %mkrel stuff should take care of that. And if not, we can rebuild
> > >> in cauldron to increase the release.
> > > 
> > > The goal is indeed to make sure the software is still upgradable. Until
> > > now, in Mandriva and we followed the same way in Mageia, the rule has
> > > been :
> > > 
> > > * if version is the same, just increase subrel
> > > * if the update is a new version, put release 0 and subrel 1, then
> > > increase subrel in subsequent updates concerning the same version
> > > 
> > > If %mkrel could take care of that, that would be good, but for now this
> > > is not the case, unless I'm mistaken :
> > > 
> > > [sam at localhost mga]$ rpmdev-vercmp 1.6.17-1.1.mga1.i586
> > > 1.6.17-1.mga2.i586 1.6.17-1.1.mga1.i586 > 1.6.17-1.mga2.i586
> > 
> > I think misc meant using simply 1.6.17-1.mga1.i586.
> > 
> 
> As soon as you have a second fix to do, it will become 1.6.17-1.1.mga1.i586 so 
> my comparison is still relevant.

Well, as I said, how often does it occurs, and how often does it occurs
to have a fix to the stable release that would not apply to the same
software version that was not rebuilt on cauldron ?

( because, if it was rebuilt, it would have a increased release and/or
version ). 

-- 
Michael Scherer



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