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From: "Michael Cummings" <mcummings@g.o> |
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Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 6:11 AM |
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo 1.4 final against rc's |
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> Another 2 cents (can we buy a cup of coffee yet?) - |
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> What about "milestone" instead? |
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I think this will still cause confusion among the users. Calling Gentoo |
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anything other than Gentoo (even a milestone or a snapshot) is still giving |
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it a version number. A version number implies that there is something to be |
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updated. Sure, the baselayout changes, as does gcc and xfree, etc. But this |
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is a constantly changing thing - HIGHLY dependant upon your ~arch or lack |
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thereof, and how often you update packages. Users will still think they need |
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to "reinstall" or "upgrade" something. |
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I think that is the strength of Gentoo - no two installations will ever be |
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even close to the same. How can one put any sort of number on this? By |
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versioning the stages, we remove any doubt about what people have - one |
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could say "I installed with Gentoo Stage1-1.4 and I now have a 'Gentoo |
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System'." How can one put a version number on my system (which is completely |
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and utterly different than almost any one elses?) The only thing my |
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installation has in common with anyone elses is that I installed from the |
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same stage and stage version as others did. |
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Matt |
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