[osgeo4w-dev] package versions

[Jeff McKenna]

sorry i meant to refer to 'gdal-1.5.0-3.tar.bz2'.

-jeff



Jeff McKenna wrote:
> I am wondering how useful using the "version of the packaging attempt" 
> is in our package names.  e.g. gdal-1.5.0-1.tar.bz2 means it's the third 
> package attempt, and users can grab 'packaging attempts' 1-3 for gdal. 
> But what does that mean to a user?  I don't think any user cares if I 
> made 10 attempts at a gmap package...but they do care if there is a 
> later version (gmap-5.0.tar.bz2 to gmap-6.0.tar.bz2 for example).  Is 
> this "version of the packaging attempt" a requirement by the cygwin 
> installer environment?  Can we remove this requirement?  Or what is the 
> purpose of having this 'packaging attempt'?  I find that extra number in 
> the "Select Packages" page is confusing to a normal user.
> 
> 
> -jeff
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