[PlanetCCRMA] Re: alsa 1.0.9 and upcoming FC4 epoch trap

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Mon, 2005-05-30 at 09:11, Axel Thimm wrote:
> On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 11:05:31AM -0700, Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > 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"...
> 
> stransky@redhat.com decided to version 1.0.9 as "1.0.9rf" to avoid the
> epoch bump (he's lucky that rf > rc ... ;).
> 
> So any alsa packages for 1.0.9 targetting FC4 should follow this
> release scheme for 1.0.9.
> 
> Not nice, but better than epoch bumbs, and once 1.0.10 gets out we
> don't need to carry any baggage anymore.

It is good news overall, I think. 
Thanks a lot for keeping me up to date!
-- Fernando