From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 31441 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2004 20:51:13 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 16 Sep 2004 20:51:13 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C83Dk-0001FQ-QF for arch-gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:51:12 +0000 Received: (qmail 17241 invoked by uid 89); 16 Sep 2004 20:50:40 +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 25332 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2004 20:50:40 +0000 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:50:04 +0200 From: Marius Mauch To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040916225004.250a588f@andy.genone.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <200409162209.13596.list@hoenig.cc> References: <20040916180837.GA23524@gentoo.org> <200409162157.01875.list@hoenig.cc> <4149F185.4060802@skylineaero.com> <200409162209.13596.list@hoenig.cc> Organization: Gentoo Linux X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 0.9.12a (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) X-Face: H@&[wkk?l:Zx:8i_5bViK&{Vz{c{~r),^&:v/r#+X5dmfA6qCl)~'Ul{"&06Q1[05.%v&c>je5R{=xLnx^=~lN~rO0xuR~~NY)CX\"Nc4$9CBPwDl-.pYuVeGdir86L@\:j?7@%Ej2?Wi-Y0=1]T14ce0w79Bckk[*ti{;iA"{;I}&E~.msRBsBS)N!CS4Gd|_UR Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg="pgp-sha1"; boundary="Signature=_Thu__16_Sep_2004_22_50_04_+0200_Q8UcLFaACXEO00rL" X-Provags-ID: kundenserver.de abuse@kundenserver.de auth:7e6c91d1b14dbccceb2f2166522fa0f6 Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] naming scheme X-Archives-Salt: 369b98f9-33b1-4c1b-901c-cc6703a7d1fc X-Archives-Hash: b8a35d97c14f1cb46be199ea4d406413 --Signature=_Thu__16_Sep_2004_22_50_04_+0200_Q8UcLFaACXEO00rL Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 09/16/04 Christian Hoenig wrote: > Aloah, >=20 > > > 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. >=20 > 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? ;-) 3.x will be a complete rewrite. 2.1 will bring structural changes to vardb and the new API 2.0.52 will probably be the last version of the 2.0 branch Marius --Signature=_Thu__16_Sep_2004_22_50_04_+0200_Q8UcLFaACXEO00rL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBSfyAWzrL1pM7SNcRAmGXAKCTRyVcg5js87QtqyNkXGoHef9MDgCfU58/ xb9oCPzJ0qMl/FkEl43R9q4= =QXJx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Thu__16_Sep_2004_22_50_04_+0200_Q8UcLFaACXEO00rL--