Peter Robinson wrote on 07.10.2014 12:14:
>>> I don't think it is worth doing another build just
for this, but if
>>> there is another 3.17 build in rawhide, it would be nice to use a
>>> release in the 400s so it stays ahead of the f21 version.
>> Why not move the %{?dist} to the front instead of having a numbers in
>> the 400s there, as sooner or later we'll get to 1000 and then it will
>> look even more ridiculous.
> That doesn't happen, because as each new upstream release is done, the
> numbers are reset. The most you get is 4xx (when there is a rawhide,
> branched and two supported releases or rawhide and three supported
> releases).
In theory it shouldn't get above the 300s, 100s for F-19, 200s for
F-20, 300s for F-21 and then usually rawhide is on the next cycle.
That might not be the case for the next week due to Linus travelling
but it's generally unusual.
Hmmm, understood, seem I had forgotten those details. I simply dislike
the numbers in the hundreds and find them a bit confusing(¹), that why I
jumped in :D But I can life with them, no big deal :D
CU
knurd
(¹) any yes, moving the disttag to the front might look a bit odd, too