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From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] going to need a 2.0.53-rc8
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:45:23
Message-Id: 200511140046.16032.jstubbs@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] going to need a 2.0.53-rc8 by Brian Harring
1 On Sunday 13 November 2005 11:52, Brian Harring wrote:
2 > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 09:19:55AM +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote:
3 > > On Sunday 13 November 2005 04:00, Brian Harring wrote:
4 > > > *cough* that's that funky _p1 you're using there? :)
5 > >
6 > > patchlevel... I think it gives a stronger impression that 2.0.53 is
7 > > distinct from 2.0.54. Is distinct the right word? I mean that it kind of
8 > > shows that 2.0.53 is done but there was something that needed to be fixed
9 > > quickly.
10 >
11 > 2.0.53.1 vs 2.0.53_p1 vs 2.0.53.p1 ... either of the three indicates
12 > 2.0.53 had minor fix tagged onto the base 2.0.53 release...
13 >
14 > > Given
15 > > portage's history of using lots of dots, 2.0.53.1 doesn't have as much
16 > > impact. Is the "*cough*" a complaint of sorts?
17 >
18 > Well, knowing what you mean by pN, I'm just going to gesture wildly at
19 > my earlier email of "lets fix the whacked out versioning now". ;)
20
21 So then my suggested 2.0.53_p1 should be 2.0.54 and what is currently referred
22 to as 2.0.54 should be 2.1.0?
23
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Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] going to need a 2.0.53-rc8 Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>