[WBEL-devel] Newest rhn-applet and whitebox-release errata

[John Morris]

On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, William Hooper wrote:

> The whitebox-release-3WB_i386-1.i386.rpm also breaks yum, because it
> makes $releasever="3WB_i386".  Without seeing your new spec, is it safe
> to assume that whitebox-release-3WB-3.0-4_i386.rpm will mean
> $releasever="3.0" again?

Hmm..  Ok, looks like I dropped the 3ES|3AS|3WS part originally and should
do so again.  I think RH's idea of encoding arch into a version number is
lame (pop quiz, is redhat-release-3AS-12.2.src.rpm the i386, x86_64 or ppc
package?) so how about this scheme:

whitebox-release-${releasever}-${subversion}_${arch}.src.rpm which builds
whitebox-release-${releasever}-${subversion}_${arch}.${arch}.rpm

For this respin: whitebox-release-3.0-4_i386.i386.rpm
and              whitebox-release-3.0-4_x86_64.x86_64.rpm

That should make everything work again.

So consider this last call for bugs.  Barring any last minute bug reports 
here is the schedule.

Sat/Sun: I will fix these two bugs and put the packages in the main repo.  
Then I will install a fresh 3.0 and let up2date bring it current and make
sure everything works.  Then I'll spin new images, blow the test box off,
reload 3.0 and upgrade via anaconda.

Mon: Populate the primary and wait for the mirrors to catch up.

Wed: Formal announcement to whitebox-announce, distrowatch, freshmeat,
etc.

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