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From: Danny van Dyk <kugelfang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [ANN] Multiple version suffixes illegal in gentoo-x86
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:07:49
Message-Id: 200704251001.33707.kugelfang@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [ANN] Multiple version suffixes illegal in gentoo-x86 by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Am Mittwoch, 25. April 2007 schrieb Ciaran McCreesh:
2 > On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:31:48 -0700
3 >
4 > "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o> wrote:
5 > > printf "_rc%d%04d%02d%02d",$RC,$YEAR,$MONTH,$DAY
6 >
7 > Funnily enough... If we're going by PMS drafts, that's illegal
8 > whereas multiple suffixes are legal. PMS permits multiple suffixes,
9 > but limits any individual version component to eight digits to avoid
10 > problems with integer overflows, floating point precision etc.
11
12 My point was to avoid providigin "existing practice" which might need to
13 be respected by either PMS or tree policy.
14
15 Danny
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