Re: Package Naming Guidlines

[Rex Dieter <rdieter math unl edu>]

Toshio wrote:

> Dist Tag for Normal Packages:
> 	0.fdr.%{X}.%{disttag}
> Where %{X} is the vepoch and %{disttag} is a distribution tag from the
> following table:
> rh73 Red Hat Linux 7.3  [*]
> rh80 Red Hat Linux 8    [*]
> rh90 Red Hat Linux 9    [*]
...
> [*] These %{disttags} will be changed when fedora.us is merged into
>     Fedora Extras.  The new numbering scheme is 0.7.3, 0.8, and 0.9
>     respectively.

Why bother changing these dist tags at this late date, especially 
considering that they are already or will be (real soon now) EOL.

-- Rex