When to bump the build?

[Warren Togami]

Jesse Keating wrote:
> A recent problem found in the 8.0 build of tcpdump shows that 
> autoconf213 is needed to complete the build correctly.  Because of 
> this, we need to modify the current candidate for publish in bugzilla.  
> Since we will be modifying it, should we bump the build ID up one more 
> on the package?  I think yes, as it shows clearly a newer package 
> within the ticket.  I'm pretty sure that RH goes through a few bumps 
> internally, as there can be a jump in the number from update to update.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 

RH's policy is ANY PACKAGE THAT LEAVES YOUR LOCAL SYSTEM must always 
bump the release number.

For Legacy I would suggeset not bumping a number only for a rebuild on 
the higher distribution, but instead adding some sort of disttag.  For 
example:

foo-1.3.5-2.7.2.legacy
foo-1.3.5-2.7.3.legacy
foo-1.3.5-2.8.legacy

Do this ONLY if the only spec change is the release number, and the 
versions were unified for the purpose of making it easier to maintain in 
the future.  Also recall the earlier agreed upon policy that any 
upgrading of versions for the purpose of unifying versions across 
distributions must be explicitly communicated on the list and agreed 
upon by consensus.

(By consensus, I would suggest making it among past contributors.)

Warren