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From: Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Naming scheme confusion
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:23:52
Message-Id: 200505201523.52771.pauldv@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Naming scheme confusion by Henrik Brix Andersen
1 On Monday 16 May 2005 15:04, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
2 >
3 > The current ebuild is orinoco-0.15_rc2-r2.ebuild, and the logical name
4 > for a CVS snapshot would, as I see it, be
5 > orinoco-0.15_rc2_pre20050516.ebuild, but mixing _rcX and _preY is not
6 > allowed by portage.
7
8 in any case it should be _pY as your snapshot is newer than the current
9 version. _p stands for patch level, _pre for prerelease. In case of cvs
10 ebuilds patch levels are more appropriate as the new version is often not
11 known.
12
13 Paul
14
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16 Paul de Vrieze
17 Gentoo Developer
18 Mail: pauldv@g.o
19 Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Naming scheme confusion Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o>