[fedora-java] Importing packages from jpackage -- version?

[Mat Booth]

2009/11/2 Fernando Nasser <fnasser at redhat.com>:
> Alexander Kurtakov wrote:
>>>
>>> I've got a bunch of packages basically ready to import from JPackage
>>> into Fedora. One thing I'm wondering, though: what should the version
>>> of the imported packages be?
>>>
>>> Assume that the jpackage version is 0:1.5.5-2 (most jpackage packages
>>> have Epoch: 0). If there's a newer version of the library (often the
>>> case) -- say 2.1 -- it's pretty straightforward: the Fedora package
>>> will become 2.1-1 (no Epoch). As I understand it, that means that
>>> anyone who currently has the jpackage version will be silently
>>> upgraded to the Fedora version, which is probably good.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, that's the right thing to do.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> If there's not a newer version, though, I'm not sure what to do:
>>> 1.5.5-1 (it's the first Fedora package)? 1.5.5-2 (same as jpackage)?
>>> 1.5.5-3 (provide a clean upgrade path?
>>>
>>
>> I personally prefer to provide clean upgrade path i.e. 1.5.5-3 .
>>
>
> The original idea, when the 'jpp' was dropped,  was to add a '.NN' so we
> know the last sync point.
>
> So it would actually be
>
> 1.5.5-2.1
>
>

I think that went out the window when the mass rebuilds
indiscriminately incremented the release number.


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Mat Booth

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