Pre-Release packages
Non-numeric versioned "pre-release" packages can be problematic so they must be treated with care. These are cases where the upstream "pre-release" version has letters rather than simple numbers in their version. Often they have tags like alpha, beta, rc, or letters like a and b denoting that it is a version before the "final" number. Unfortunately, we cannot simply put these letters into the version tag, so we'll use the Release field for this.
Release Tag for Pre-Release Packages:
0.%{X}.%{alphatag}
Where %{X} is the release number increment, and %{alphatag} is the string that came from the version.
In this case, the period '.' should be used as the delimiter between the release number increment, and the non-numeric version string. No other extra characters should appear in the Release field. This is to prevent Release values such as "3jpp_2fc.42-spotwashere".
| Source Archive | Description |
|---|---|
mozilla-1.4a.tar.gz |
(this is a pre-release, version 1.4a of mozilla) |
mozilla-1.4.tar.gz |
(this is what the 1.4 release will actually look like) |
| Release Tag | Explanation |
mozilla-1.4-0.1.a |
(so, this is the acceptable Fedora %{name}-%{version}-%{release})
|
mozilla-1.4-1 |
(and this is what the 1.4 release Fedora %{name}-%{version}-%{release} should be)
|
| Source Archive | Description |
|---|---|
alsa-lib-0.9.2beta1.tar.gz |
(this is a beta release of alsa-lib, version 0.9.2beta1) |
| Release Tag | Explanation |
alsa-lib-0.9.2-0.1.beta1 |
(this is the correct Fedora %{name}-%{version}-%{release})
|
alsa-lib-0.9.2-0.2.beta1 |
(this is an incremented Fedora %{name}-%{version}-%{release}. Note that the first 0 is not incremented.)
|
| Release Tag | Explanation |
|---|---|
kismet-0-0.1.20040110svn |
(this is a pre-release, svn checkout of kismet) |
kismet-0-0.2.20040110svn |
(this is a bugfix to the previous package) |
kismet-0-0.3.20040204svn |
(this is a new svn checkout, note the increment of %{X})
|
kismet-1.0-1 |
(this is the formal release of kismet 1.0) |
| Release Tag | Explanation |
|---|---|
mozilla-1.4-0.1.a |
(this is the Fedora package for 1.4a, as above) |
mozilla-1.4-0.2.a |
(this is the first patch on top of 1.4a) |
mozilla-1.4-0.3.a |
(this is another new patch on top of 1.4a) |
mozilla-1.4-0.4.b |
(this is the first build after upgrade to 1.4b) |
mozilla-1.4-0.5.b |
(this is a new patch on top of 1.4b) |
mozilla-1.4-1 |
(this is after moving to 1.4 "final", and to a normal version) |
mozilla-1.4-2 |
(this is a new patch on top of 1.4 "final") |
| Release Tag | Explanation |
|---|---|
alsa-lib-0.9.2-0.1.beta1 |
(this is the Fedora package for 0.9.2beta1, as above) |
alsa-lib-0.9.2-0.2.beta1 |
(this is a new patch on top of 0.9.2beta1) |
alsa-lib-0.9.2-0.3.beta2 |
(this is after upgrading to 0.9.2beta2) |
alsa-lib-0.9.2-0.4.beta3 |
(this is after upgrading to 0.9.2beta3) |
alsa-lib-0.9.2-0.5.beta3 |
(this is a new patch on top of 0.9.2beta3) |
alsa-lib-0.9.2-0.6.rc1 |
(this is after upgrading to 0.9.2rc1) |
alsa-lib-0.9.2-0.7.rc2 |
(this is after upgrading to 0.9.2rc2) |
alsa-lib-0.9.2-1 |
(this is after upgrading to 0.9.2 "final", version becomes normal) |
alsa-lib-0.9.2-2 |
(this is a new patch on top of 0.9.2 "final") |