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On Thursday 16 September 2004 22:50, Marius Mauch wrote: |
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> > > > Why is portage using such a strange naming scheme? Why are we |
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> > > > only increasing ´build numbers´? As this seems to be a major |
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> > > > release, why don´t we make a 2.1 out of it? |
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> > > I don't think this is a "major" release as in "major version" but |
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> > > more as in "big deal". From what I've heard, a major version change |
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> > > will be reserved for a complete rewrite of Portage. |
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> > You mean, it needs a complete rewrite for a 2.1? |
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> > If thats the case, why don´t we simply drop the ´2´? ;-) |
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> 3.x will be a complete rewrite. |
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> 2.1 will bring structural changes to vardb and the new API |
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Ah, OK, thanks for the info :-) |
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take care, have fun |
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/christian |
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