From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5820 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2004 20:09:18 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 16 Sep 2004 20:09:18 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C82ZB-0000hn-RN for arch-gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:09:18 +0000 Received: (qmail 10448 invoked by uid 89); 16 Sep 2004 20:09:16 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-portage-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 12305 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2004 20:09:15 +0000 From: Christian Hoenig To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:09:13 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <20040916180837.GA23524@gentoo.org> <200409162157.01875.list@hoenig.cc> <4149F185.4060802@skylineaero.com> In-Reply-To: <4149F185.4060802@skylineaero.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200409162209.13596.list@hoenig.cc> X-Relay-User: christian@hoenig.cc Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] naming scheme X-Archives-Salt: ad0653d1-4acd-44e3-b973-38f9be10f845 X-Archives-Hash: fe6ef205ad30aad002f0e14d7eaab351 Aloah, > > Why is portage using such a strange naming scheme? Why are we only > > increasing =B4build numbers=B4? As this seems to be a major release, why > > don=B4t we make a 2.1 out of it? > > I don't think this is a "major" release as in "major version" but more as > in "big deal". From what I've heard, a major version change will be > reserved for a complete rewrite of Portage. You mean, it needs a complete rewrite for a 2.1?=20 If thats the case, why don=B4t we simply drop the =B42=B4? ;-) take care, have fun /christian -- gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org mailing list