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>From: "Zack Gilburd" <klasikahl@g.o> |
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>Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:06 PM |
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>Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo 1.4 final against rc's |
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>This notion has been expressed over and over again -- and it's a very good |
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>one. I, too, think that Gentoo should move away from the concept of |
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>definitive releases. However, it would be very hard to distinguish |
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landmark |
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>releases from eachother without some sort of versioning system. |
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I think that's the point though - Gentoo does not have a versioning system, |
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nor does it need one. It is an OS in constant metamorphosis. It's like |
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telling people "I'm 30 years old" - you're not really 30, you're 30 years, 5 |
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months, 2 days, etc. |
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>I really have no ideas on how else it should be done, but it does need a |
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>change. Some users feel obligated to reinstall, and do so needlessly. |
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I think that's because Gentoo is trying to use a versioning system that is |
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applied to other "set" operating systems - set implying specific versions of |
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binaries getting shipped with the packaged OS, and these are updated en |
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masse each version. To have the latest release you DO have to upgrade with |
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upgrade CDs or other like ilk. |
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The ONLY set packaged OS Gentoo has (AFAIK) are the stages. Perhaps instead |
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of calling it Gentoo 1.4 it should be something like Gentoo Stage1-1.4, etc. |
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Gentoo LiveCD-1.4. Change the install documentation to point out that the |
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install images are the only thing getting changed each version increment, |
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and that each time they do an --update world they are effectively getting |
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the latest version of gentoo. Calling it Gentoo 1.4 is a really a misnomer |
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and is also misleading. |
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(Puts 2 cents in tip jar) |
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Matt |
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