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On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 05:48:13PM +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
> John Mylchreest wrote:
> >Since were bunlding these whole now, should we just start naming the
> >ebuilds correctly instead?
>
> I don't think so. 2 -stable releases in the 2.6.15 cycle didn't have any
> immediate corresponding gentoo-sources bump since the patches were
> already included. The fact that we include patches alongside -stable
> means that using their notation isn't entirely accurate in our situation.
Both naming schemes have their advantages, but I see more
disadvantages with using the 2.6.x.y naming scheme in gentoo-sources
than I see advantages (primarily the reason Daniel stated above).
I suggest we keep the current naming scheme for gentoo-sources, as it
seems most correct.
Regards,
Brix
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