Re: Kind request: Set release version to "10" (was: Retain upgrade paths)

[Bill Nottingham <notting redhat com>]

Rex Dieter (rdieter math unl edu) said: 
> If you read the original post, Axel's concern to upgradability from the 
> previous fedora release naming standard.  A concern of mine is that I 
> maintain packages for all redhat releases going back to rh73, and I do it 
> all from a single src.rpm, and dynamically generate a Release tag based 
> upon the contents of /etc/redhat-release.  Like Axel, I also would like to 
> maintain upgradability from previous releases.  I argue that having to 
> increment Epoch solely for the purpose overcoming the Release drop (9 -> 
> 0.9 ) to maintain upgrade paths is yucky.

Well, it would have to change anyway, from rh73 to fXXX, so, you'll
still need a change of some sort.

Seriously, changing the release version notes the change in
the release itself; its goals, its features, its methodology.

Bill