Re: compat (libgal2 gtkhtml3) packages for Fedora Extras

["Michael A. Peters" <mpeters mac com>]

On 11/14/2004 04:35:10 AM, Michael Schwendt wrote:
> Just a comment on some package details:
>
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 08:18:31 +0000, Michael A. Peters wrote:
>
> > Summary: gtkhtml library compatability version
> > Name: compat-gtkhtml3
> > Version: 3.0.10
> > Epoch: 0
> > Release: %{epoch}.%{my_build}
>
> "Epoch" is really just an added method to influence RPM
> version-release
> comparison. A package with an epoch higher than the epoch in any  
> other
> package is considered "newer" (=higher overall version), regardless  
> of
> %version-%release. Expanding %epoch in %release doesn't make sense.

Last time I read the packaging guidelines - Fedora.us wanted the epoch  
specified in the release tag. Using the %{epoch} ensures that happens  
and matches the real epoch.

Furthermore, they wanted it to be the first number.

They may have changed the guidelines though - if you ask me, they were  
WAY to complex. Not impossible to understand, but too complex  
nonetheless.