Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-20 Thread Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:30:24PM +0200, Marcus Rueckert wrote: On 2008-08-11 14:12:34 -0700, Bernard Li wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think its necessary (or good form) to include a full version number in the RPM package name.

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-19 Thread Marcus Rueckert
On 2008-08-11 14:12:34 -0700, Bernard Li wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think its necessary (or good form) to include a full version number in the RPM package name. RPM already does versioning based on %version. Index:

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-19 Thread Marcus Rueckert
On 2008-08-12 14:41:29 +0100, Kostas Georgiou wrote: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 07:38:15AM -0500, Martin Hicks wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:30:24PM +0200, Marcus Rueckert wrote: this is not the package version. it is the soname mangled a bit. the base idea behind it is, that

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-18 Thread Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 02:41:29PM +0100, Kostas Georgiou wrote: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 07:38:15AM -0500, Martin Hicks wrote: The common practice in the rpm world is to not to use the soname for the latest version and have something like compat-ganglia-30 or libganglia30 for example for the

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-18 Thread Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belon
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 02:12:34PM -0700, Bernard Li wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think its necessary (or good form) to include a full version number in the RPM package name. RPM already does versioning based on %version.

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-12 Thread Martin Hicks
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:30:24PM +0200, Marcus Rueckert wrote: this is not the package version. it is the soname mangled a bit. the base idea behind it is, that you can install multiple version of the same library in parallel. Okay. I guess I just don't see this very often. Are we

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-12 Thread Kostas Georgiou
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 07:38:15AM -0500, Martin Hicks wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:30:24PM +0200, Marcus Rueckert wrote: this is not the package version. it is the soname mangled a bit. the base idea behind it is, that you can install multiple version of the same library in

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-12 Thread Martin Hicks
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 02:41:29PM +0100, Kostas Georgiou wrote: On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 07:38:15AM -0500, Martin Hicks wrote: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:30:24PM +0200, Marcus Rueckert wrote: this is not the package version. it is the soname mangled a bit. the base idea behind

[Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-11 Thread Martin Hicks
I don't think its necessary (or good form) to include a full version number in the RPM package name. RPM already does versioning based on %version. Index: monitor-core/ganglia.spec.in === --- monitor-core/ganglia.spec.in

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-11 Thread Martin Hicks
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 10:09:42AM -0500, Martin Hicks wrote: I don't think its necessary (or good form) to include a full version number in the RPM package name. RPM already does versioning based on %version. a little hasty. This has been build tested. Index:

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-11 Thread Bernard Li
Hi Martin: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think its necessary (or good form) to include a full version number in the RPM package name. RPM already does versioning based on %version. Index: monitor-core/ganglia.spec.in

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-11 Thread Bernard Li
Hi Martin: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think its necessary (or good form) to include a full version number in the RPM package name. RPM already does versioning based on %version. Index: monitor-core/ganglia.spec.in

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-11 Thread Bernard Li
Hi Martin: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think its necessary (or good form) to include a full version number in the RPM package name. RPM already does versioning based on %version. Index: monitor-core/ganglia.spec.in

Re: [Ganglia-developers] [PATCH] remove version from libganglia package name

2008-08-11 Thread Bernard Li
Sorry for the spam, but I was one of those guys who got hit by the GMail downtime :-) Cheers, Bernard On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Bernard Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Martin: On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Martin Hicks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think its necessary (or good