RPM upgrade discussion

[Warren Togami]

Barry K. Nathan wrote:
> With RPM 4.2.1, "mozilla = 1.2.1-26" means mozilla 1.2.1-26 with epoch
> 0. With RPM 4.2, "mozilla = 1.2.1-26" means mozilla 1.2.1-26 with any
> epoch.

I recall xmms had similar packaging bugs back then...

> 
> The new (4.2.1) behavior is more predictable, but it breaks backward
> compatibility with old packages that have broken requirements
> specifications (i.e., missing specific epochs when they're needed). If
> we want to move Red Hat 8.0 and 9 over to the new behavior, we could
> make new mozilla, etc. packages that work properly with RPM 4.2.1,
> however.
> 

Updates for Mozilla will most likely be needed one day, because of the 
very large complexity of a behemoth like Mozilla we will surely have a 
security update in the future.  I think.

Warren