[Fedora-packaging] Retrograde package version

W. Michael Petullo mike at flyn.org
Fri May 16 01:18:51 UTC 2008


>>>> I released a bugfix in the form of:
>>>>
>>>> mt-daapd-0.9-0.4.1696.fc8
>>>> mt-daapd-0.9-0.2.1696.fc9
>>>> mt-daapd-0.9-0.2.1696.el5
>>>>
>>>> I had thought that the next release would be in the 0.9 series.
>>>>
>>>> Now, the bugfix is upstream and the author has released the next
>>>> version of mt-daapd. Unfortunately, this version is 0.2.4.2, which
>>>> is lower that the versions above. I'd like to supercede the
>>>> packages above with this "lower" version number.
>>>>
>>>> What is the best way to handle this? I'd like to avoid using the
>>>> 0.9 version, as the developer has not moved to this yet upstream.
 
>>> Epoch bump?
 
>> As far as I know, the epoch does not override the version for the
>> update path.
 
> Overriding the version is the entire raison d'être of epoch, isn't it?

Please excuse my ignorance. I have read up on the epoch and you are
right -- it provides the solution to my problem. Thanks!

-- 
Mike

:wq




More information about the Fedora-packaging mailing list