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From: Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o>
To: gentoo-kernel@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.16-2 release
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 17:09:39
Message-Id: 20060328170923.GA21022@osgiliath.brixandersen.dk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-kernel] [ANNOUNCE] genpatches-2.6.16-2 release by Daniel Drake
1 On Tue, Mar 28, 2006 at 05:48:13PM +0100, Daniel Drake wrote:
2 > John Mylchreest wrote:
3 > >Since were bunlding these whole now, should we just start naming the
4 > >ebuilds correctly instead?
5 >
6 > I don't think so. 2 -stable releases in the 2.6.15 cycle didn't have any
7 > immediate corresponding gentoo-sources bump since the patches were
8 > already included. The fact that we include patches alongside -stable
9 > means that using their notation isn't entirely accurate in our situation.
10
11 Both naming schemes have their advantages, but I see more
12 disadvantages with using the 2.6.x.y naming scheme in gentoo-sources
13 than I see advantages (primarily the reason Daniel stated above).
14
15 I suggest we keep the current naming scheme for gentoo-sources, as it
16 seems most correct.
17
18 Regards,
19 Brix
20 --
21 Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@g.o>
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