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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: matt c [mailto:matt@×××××××××××××××.org] |
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> Sent: August 15, 2003 1:00 PM |
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> To: gentoo-dev@g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo 1.4 final against rc's |
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> ----- Original Message ----- |
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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 |
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Gentoo |
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> anything other than Gentoo (even a milestone or a snapshot) is still |
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> giving |
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> it a version number. A version number implies that there is something |
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to |
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> be |
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> updated. Sure, the baselayout changes, as does gcc and xfree, etc. But |
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> this |
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> is a constantly changing thing - HIGHLY dependant upon your ~arch or |
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lack |
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> thereof, and how often you update packages. Users will still think |
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they |
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> 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 |
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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 - |
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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 |
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> 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 |
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the |
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> same stage and stage version as others did. |
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Not exactly, you are missing a very important thing your installation |
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had in common with a lot of other peoples. |
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The Portage Tree. |
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> Matt |
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Just something to think about :) |
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-Todd |
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