[PlanetCCRMA] alsa 1.0.9 and upcoming FC4 epoch trap

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 10:59, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 10:36, Axel Thimm wrote:
> > alsa 1.0.9 was just released, and rawhide (upcoming FC4) currently
> > carries some 1.0.9rcX bits.
> > 
> > Unfortunately the rcX packaging at Red Hat has been done in a way that
> > 1.0.9 will always be rpm-older than the rcX packages. This may require
> > an epoch bump in all alsa packages hosted at Red Hat, and thus all 3rd
> > party repos will be required to do the same :(
> > 
> > Just a heads-up for upcoming FC4 support, see also
> > 
> >      https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=158859
> 
> Thanks for the heads up. Very unfortunate. One would imagine that RedHat
> packagers would know better, but, oh well.... :-(
> 
> Maybe get the alsa team to release 1.0.9.1?
> Or do a version jump to 1.0.10?
> :-)

Fernando, turn brain on before writing, add to above:
  "and convince Fedora to release it before adding epoch"...
-- Fernando