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From: Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] explicit -r0 in ebuild filename
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:18:59
Message-Id: 20080330191848.123a9af8@snowcone
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] explicit -r0 in ebuild filename by Mike Frysinger
1 On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:24:10 -0400
2 Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
3 > those arent the same thing. -r# is a Gentoo-specific revision
4 > marking. _alpha/_rc/etc... are used to track upstream. if upstream
5 > uses _alpha0, then it makes our lives easier to also use _alpha0.
6 > -r0 has no benefit and it isnt inconsistent as that portion of the
7 > version is for Gentoo use only.
8
9 Every other part allows the magic 0 behaviour. Banning it for one part
10 only is another one of those 'special case' rules we're trying to avoid
11 because no-one knows them.
12
13 --
14 Ciaran McCreesh

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