From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11904 invoked by uid 1002); 16 Aug 2003 00:50:06 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 12396 invoked from network); 16 Aug 2003 00:50:06 -0000 From: Luke-Jr Organization: Gentoo Linux To: "matt c" , "gentoo-dev ML" Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 00:49:55 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.2 References: <200308142200.31146.vapier@gentoo.org> <20030815030911.GB24879@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <01a501c362e0$10af0dd0$1401a8c0@punx> In-Reply-To: <01a501c362e0$10af0dd0$1401a8c0@punx> GPG-Public-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD53E9583 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="shift_jis" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: clearsigned data Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200308160050.04549.luke-jr@gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] making metadata.xml pay off and removing pkg_postinst crud X-Archives-Salt: 39e8e811-b6c3-4ffd-95ed-30602c7e3d54 X-Archives-Hash: a6b9a7d9901c2c1bcf42a3ea60242125 =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 With each new version, there are new LiveCDs, new stages, and new GRPs, IIR= C. On Friday 15 August 2003 03:48 am, matt c wrote: > From: "Zack Gilburd" > > >Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 8:06 PM > >Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo 1.4 final against rc's > > > >This notion has been expressed over and over again -- and it's a very go= od > >one. I, too, think that Gentoo should move away from the concept of > >definitive releases. However, it would be very hard to distinguish > > landmark > > >releases from eachother without some sort of versioning system. > > > > I think that's the point though - Gentoo does not have a versioning syste= m, > nor does it need one. It is an OS in constant metamorphosis. It's like > telling people "I'm 30 years old" - you're not really 30, you're 30 years, > 5 months, 2 days, etc. > > >I really have no ideas on how else it should be done, but it does need a > >change. Some users feel obligated to reinstall, and do so needlessly. > > I think that's because Gentoo is trying to use a versioning system that is > applied to other "set" operating systems - set implying specific versions > of binaries getting shipped with the packaged OS, and these are updated en > masse each version. To have the latest release you DO have to upgrade with > upgrade CDs or other like ilk. > > The ONLY set packaged OS Gentoo has (AFAIK) are the stages. Perhaps > instead of calling it Gentoo 1.4 it should be something like Gentoo > Stage1-1.4, etc. Gentoo LiveCD-1.4. Change the install documentation to > point out that the install images are the only thing getting changed each > version increment, and that each time they do an --update world they are > effectively getting the latest version of gentoo. Calling it Gentoo 1.4 is > a really a misnomer and is also misleading. > > (Puts 2 cents in tip jar) > > Matt > > > > > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list =2D --=20 Luke-Jr Developer, Gentoo Linux http://www.gentoo.org/ =2D----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/PX+3Zl/BHdU+lYMRApztAJwPpnau8U+ha1zCxNFEZ19ljfSQVwCdHaoz 4BS61nltCk9iLZLcA7iip6w=3D =3DoWOv =2D----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list