On 20 Feb 2001 17:19:39 -0500, Mark Amidon wrote:
> "Michael J. Donahue" wrote:
> > Does anyone know what standards might exist on generating Version and
> > Release numbers for RPM spec files.
> >
> > ie. Version 1.2.3 Release 4
> >
> > 1 = major version - changes occurred that effect interfaces
> > 2 = minor version - changes occurred but interfaces are the same
> > 3 = possibly bug fix or configuration related updates.
> > 4 = release candidate 4
>
> "Standards"?! It's a good thing you put that in the plural.
>
[snip]
> One would also bump the %{RELEASE} for such details as "built for
> RedHat" and "built for SuSE"; clearly, the original Source Code is
> staying the same.

Why would you bump the release number (4) when re-building for another
RPM distro? There's nothing in the spec files that I change to rebuild
for another distro, as I do all of my changes by building in a vmware
machine, which has things defined nicely in a .rpmmacros.

Greg



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