Is it possible to set release to 0? Never tried it and never seen it in practice.
I guess I could try that... Cheers, Bernard On 4/27/07, Andrea Righi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bernard Li wrote: > > Dear all: > > > > Currently if we are working on say version 3.9.0 and we want to build > > development version (i.e. from SVN/nightly), we would tag the SVN > > revision number and our names to the RPMs built, eg. 3.9.0r4002_bli. > > > > This causes an issue when the actual release comes about (3.9.0), you > > will not be able to upgrade via RPM since 3.9.0r4002_bli is > 3.9.0. > > > > Brian suggested that we do not increment the version until it is ready > > for release, eg. if we are working on 3.9.1 release, then we will > > build development releases as 3.9.0rXXXX until 3.9.1 is ready to be > > tagged. > > > > However, this will not work with 3.9.0, since we cannot go "back" as > > 3.8.x has a totally different meaning (even minor version is stable, > > odd minor version is unstable). > > > > Does anybody else have any comments/suggestions regarding this issue? > > > > I would like to avoid using RPM's epoch if at all possible... > > What about using for example: > > VERSION = 3.9.1-0_r4034_arighi > ^^ > > Then, when 3.9.1 comes out rpm will automatically use 3.9.1-1 and it'll > be able to upgrade the 3.9.1-0_r4034_arighi. > > -Andrea > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ sisuite-devel mailing list sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-devel