From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J23Ba-0004Tp-Sx for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:22:03 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lBBBKuO0020071; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:20:56 GMT Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org (170.Red-213-96-222.staticIP.rima-tde.net [213.96.222.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lBBBHZIK015087 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:17:36 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B82AD8D306 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:19:50 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at ferdyx.org Received: from smtp.ferdyx.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (tungsteno.ferdyx.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Hopmte2ItXeo for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:19:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (unknown [213.121.151.206]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.ferdyx.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AC6E8D305 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:19:47 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:17:29 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [GLEP] scm package version suffix Message-ID: <20071211111729.0ab60df6@blueyonder.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <8b4c83ad0712110306l4490d9k1814794de8190348@mail.gmail.com> References: <200712091701.50364.peper@gentoo.org> <200712101359.23196.rbu@gentoo.org> <8b4c83ad0712100624v5fbe6cc6q7ea1b29f44d14326@mail.gmail.com> <200712101614.50048.rbu@gentoo.org> <8b4c83ad0712101144x19e75accm7845221977a6a73f@mail.gmail.com> <8b4c83ad0712110306l4490d9k1814794de8190348@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.1.0 (GTK+ 2.12.1; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/s0aQHR_+y+j+qY+JxzH47A0"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: 19f54921-9b7e-4132-a092-358fef8caae6 X-Archives-Hash: 55c9cbcab73defa6c8c7bf28bcb70f8b --Sig_/s0aQHR_+y+j+qY+JxzH47A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:36:51 +0530 "Nirbheek Chauhan" wrote: > The idea is that no one would want to automatically upgrade to a > branch (because you cannot define "upgrade" for branches), so make it > manual. ...and this is why branches shouldn't be treated like versions. They have their own set of rules and expected behaviours that are best dealt with by a different proposal. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/s0aQHR_+y+j+qY+JxzH47A0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHXnHJ96zL6DUtXhERAkKWAJ9fqEoCvTaYaD/eIc3cpRHSZdsSlACggy8o lS+K80afuBd4m1bRjtK/ucY= =dL6v -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/s0aQHR_+y+j+qY+JxzH47A0-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list