On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 09:44:01AM +0200, Maxim Burgerhout wrote: > Hi all, > > Just quickly checking before I file a bug. > > The package containing ag (called "the_silver_searcher") currently has a > caret symbol (^) between the version and the snapshot info. The guidelines > seem to say about having shapshot information in the release tag: > > Those items which are present are combined (with periods to separate them) > to construct the final Release: tag. In the usual notation where square > brackets indicate that an item is optional: > > Am I correct in understanding that the caret symbol in this case should > actually be replaced by a period: > the_silver_searcher-2.2.0^2020704.5a1c8d8-1.fc34.x86_64.rpm?
The caret syntax a semi-recent rpm addition (2 years old at this point?). Packaging guidelines don't currently specify caret usage, but there's a ticket open to add that [1]. [1] https://pagure.io/packaging-committee/issue/904 > Reason I'm asking: this seems to be a fairly recent change and it breaks > mirroring Fedora using Nexus. General usage of ~ and ^ in versions is (most likely) coming soon. So Nexus will have to adjust anyway. The sooner the better. Zbyszek _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
