On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 4:50 AM Kevin Kofler via devel <
devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
Richard Shaw wrote:
> I am trying to update the libphidget package which has not been updated
in
> Fedora since 2014.
>
> Apparently in 2017 the name was changed to "libphidget22" I'm
guessing
the
> soversion being embedded in the library name, seems awfully Debian
> centric.
>
> The bigger problem is the version was reset from something 2.x
2.1.8.20140319 is what is now in Rawhide.
> back to 1.0.0, the current version being 1.10.
How about Name: libphidget, Version: 2.2.1.10?
That would be a sneaky way to do it, and if it was the only package I would
be tempted, but the optional packages (which I plan to add to Fedora) also
have the '22' appended and I doubt they would pass review.
Thanks,
Richard