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From: foser <foser@×××××××××××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuild revisions
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 14:58:16
Message-Id: 1072796291.5463.13.camel@rivendell
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] ebuild revisions by Andrew Gaffney
1 On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 15:28, Andrew Gaffney wrote:
2 > Whenever an ebuild goes from say -r1 to -r2, that is just a revision of the ebuild, not
3 > the program itself, correct? If so, in most cases, you will get the exact same code
4 > generated, correct?
5
6 Wrong, a revision bump defines the point where the earlier revision and
7 the newer revision aren't the same thing anymore. For example added
8 patches would cause a bump.
9
10 > If the first one works, what is the point of upgrading to the next
11 > revision to get the exact same code?
12
13 In short this is all pretty much covered in
14 http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/policy.xml#doc_chap3 under 'versioning and
15 revision bumps'.
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17 - foser
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