Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Thursday 04 March 2004 10:28 pm, Tom Lane wrote:
> > There were no code-change differences in this rewrap, so I see no real
> > need to change the version number.
>
> > The lesson I'd prefer to see us take away from this is that Marc needs
> > to automate his release wrapping process more. These sorta mistakes
> > shouldn't have happened in the first place ...
>
> There are now multiple copies of 7.3.6 out there. How is a body to know which
> one to use? On RPMs, as you well now, SOP is to increment the release on any
> change, including a typo. This way there is no ambiguity.
>
> This is not the first time tarballs have been streamlined. I'm glad I hadn't
> built any RPMs yet.
My guess is that the packaging scripts are adjusted for new releases,
but then don't work perfectly for older ones.
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