[Mageia-dev] Compatibility: %mdkversion macro?

[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?
-- 
Thomas