From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1M5Oq2-00062k-GE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 18:42:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C70EDE0513; Sat, 16 May 2009 18:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ew0-f165.google.com (mail-ew0-f165.google.com [209.85.219.165]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80AC3E0513 for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 18:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so3136875ewy.34 for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 11:42:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version :content-type; bh=iEHWgA2/iMS2lMPNANWB2qkZ8svQ+TFjw2if6+jRfWw=; b=edmEtMfLxVvpAa7XKrZQ3NdTlvLhd6CE/Wtz7iBCHbMzy/RQGqEPd3rJifi+jVlBy7 mj6VuD/IzGtzey13e1rp923TdAjWfWxpHEMrVYD5sFnPl8fwH0njqRUsJeWgPHJKODTv lJ5pbdAejw1m+vwwoA29g/x2RiKEOyQt9Oang= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type; b=l+EwmEFmib7LMGc1sOg+cpeM44F8jp9kgbGR6KxMsuNAW8dmknMUOD5mTZLL2Ot832 o3aA7St1vjNQhhrNf32g1tm8tfFL4g0e2A2UGjsUjL/5oKtdvHI1l2wFnwMQDnLYvBS8 T+6l1zJh9sz/Otoitk2q5fMO6/ZRBK6k2klYo= Received: by 10.210.128.5 with SMTP id a5mr2444193ebd.32.1242499343856; Sat, 16 May 2009 11:42:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from snowmobile (92-235-187-79.cable.ubr18.sgyl.blueyonder.co.uk [92.235.187.79]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 5sm3463444eyh.40.2009.05.16.11.42.23 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 16 May 2009 11:42:23 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 19:42:18 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] The fallacies of GLEP55 Message-ID: <20090516194218.3e7b1c02@snowmobile> In-Reply-To: <200905162038.31968.rbu@gentoo.org> References: <4A0C790A.1050209@gentoo.org> <1242491708.7309.3.camel@peripatetic.hades> <20090516173948.73b23e43@snowmobile> <200905162038.31968.rbu@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.1 (GTK+ 2.16.1; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/EAwGkG.nD=2FTkNPb3RVKY."; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 9b3a0509-9ee7-48b3-83a0-33303102272c X-Archives-Hash: 444c8ddd7beac9d2520f722524651662 --Sig_/EAwGkG.nD=2FTkNPb3RVKY. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 16 May 2009 20:38:30 +0200 Robert Buchholz wrote: > I like the fact that our versioning rules are a fixed subset of the > sum of all our upstream's versioning rules. It provides a more > consistent user experience. > > As a user, I know it's always "_rc" and never "-rc". Gentoo > developers take care of mapping all upstream versions onto an > easy-to-remember set of ebuild versions. As a user, you don't need to worry. Since 1-rc1 and 1_rc1 would be defined as equivalent, as a user you can use either and get the same results. This is already how things work for existing equivalent but not stringwise-equal versions. > Bottom line: I see no gain for me as a developer, and a loss of > consistency for users. The only impact upon users is that the package manager will be more likely to give them accurate output when showing versions. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh --Sig_/EAwGkG.nD=2FTkNPb3RVKY. Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoPCQ0ACgkQ96zL6DUtXhEHVACdG8TQoL+APY5Ka5ir4fVfSnRh Hl0AoMx7FcsuCPigLxDBVpMuJ2JCTAWI =ckUh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/EAwGkG.nD=2FTkNPb3RVKY.--