Re: RFC: Soname in rpm name

[Peter Backlund <peter backlund home se>]

[snip]

> solution. I've searched a bit, and it seems that Mandrake and Debian both
> have a policy to include the library soname in the package name :
> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowToAdvanced#Library_policy

Unrelated, but I have to ask: what is the purpose of defining
name/version/release like this:

%define name    gtkmm
%define version 1.2.4
%define release 1mdk

and then:

Name:           %{name}
Version:        %{version}
Release:        %{release}

I've seen it in a number of spec files. 

And please no "Well, Mandrake sucks!".

/Peter