On Dec 27, 2007, at 5:09 AM, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote:

> I'm just wondering: a package created with RPM 5 is still  
> identified as
> a "RPM format 3" package:
>
> | $ file axl-0.4.12-20071121.src.rpm
> | axl-0.4.12-20071121.src.rpm: RPM v3 bin
>
> With all of Jeff's rpmlead and some other changes this year, it it
> really still correct that we define (in "macros.in")?
>
> | %_package_version   30005
>
> Or does RPM 5 need a (at least slight) version bump here to  
> indicate the
> package format differences which were introduced?
>

Changing the package version number creates instant incompatibility
and intense hostility.

The package version is a very different thing from the implementation  
version,
don't let the values confuse.

73 de Jeff