I'd like to say I've always considered the version cat'd into
/etc/gentoo-release as the definitive version. Since packages change every
day, baselayout is certainly more rare in it's updates. Considering that,
and that fact that on a baselayout update most,if not sometimes all, of your
core configuration files are either altered or presented for trivial
updates, I consider this to be true versioning. I also believe that the rc
should be changed to prc (packaged release candidate) solely on the fact
that it is just basically a prepacked timesaver for the regular joe. The
ambitious have and will continue to either burn their own stage one-three or
get the tarballs and hack it together in their own fashion. I think the
change to prc would reflect the " this is the approved package set-up during
the 1.4 phase of baselayout " rather than the "oh no, a new version,we gotta
upgrade " paranoia.

Or I could be paranoid myself.....



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