RFC: Soname in rpm name

[Michael A. Peters]

> 
> 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

I do this -

at very top of spec file:

%define my_build yjl.1

Then in the normal place

Name: foobar
Version: 20.12
Release: 3.%{my_build}

-=-
That makes more sense to me than defining name and then using Name:  
with the defined %{name} macro.

But that's just me.
In the future I may define what release/distro it is being built for -  
but I don't think so, my packages are intended to be installed via yum  
which should take care of that - by grabbing them from the right  
directory.