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On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:55:02AM +0100, Penguin Lover b.n. squawked: |
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> It's 4 years I'm using Gentoo and I can still be surprised by it. :) |
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> This doesn't look right. Why do devs upgrade ebuilds and do not increase |
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> the -rX versioning? |
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Look at the Gentoo Developer Handbook |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/devrel/handbook/handbook.xml?part=3&chap=1 |
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Specifically the section on "Versioning and revision bumps". I quote: |
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"If you make an internal, stylistic change to the ebuild that does |
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not change any of the installed files, then there is no need to bump |
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the revision number. Likewise, if you fix a compilation problem in |
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the ebuild that was affecting some users, there is no need to bump |
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the revision number, since those for whom it worked perfectly would |
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see no benefit in installing a new revision, and those who |
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experienced the problem do not have the package installed (since |
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compilation failed) and thus have no need for the new revision number |
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to force an upgrade. A revision bump is also not necessary if a |
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minority of users will be affected and the package has a nontrivial |
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average compilation time; use your best judgement in these |
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circumstances. " |
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The changes made to OpenOffice in this case are minor (example: a |
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virtual is added for some perl package, and the dependency is changed |
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from depending on the explicit package to the virtual), and should not |
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effect already working installations; furthermore, considering how |
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much memory and time one needs to compile OpenOffice, I say the gentoo |
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policy is quite sane about not forcing a revision bump. |
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W |
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-- |
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The police recently arrested a man selling "secret formula" tablets he claimed |
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gave eternal youth. When going through their files they noticed it was the |
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fifth time he was caught for committing this same criminal medical fraud. He |
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had earlier bookings from 1794, 1856, 1928 and 1983.... |
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