[Fedora-packaging] Confused by non-numeric version in release guideline

Tom Lane tgl at redhat.com
Tue Jan 13 17:23:57 UTC 2009


Toshio Kuratomi <a.badger at gmail.com> writes:
> The fourth, while closest to what upstream has, includes an alpha
> character in the version which is something that is explicitly forbidden
> in the Packaging Guidelines.  If you want to use that, we'll need to
> vote on an amendment to allow it.

Really?  Don't expect me to adhere to that guideline when packaging
something whose upstream uses a letter in the version number.

			regards, tom lane




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