From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 32684 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2004 20:00:49 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 16 Sep 2004 20:00:49 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1C82Qz-0007dn-2z for arch-gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Sep 2004 20:00:49 +0000 Received: (qmail 10392 invoked by uid 89); 16 Sep 2004 20:00:08 +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 1050 invoked from network); 16 Sep 2004 20:00:08 +0000 Message-ID: <4149F185.4060802@skylineaero.com> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:03:17 -0500 From: Andrew Gaffney User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (X11/20040910) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-portage-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20040916180837.GA23524@gentoo.org> <200409162157.01875.list@hoenig.cc> In-Reply-To: <200409162157.01875.list@hoenig.cc> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] naming scheme X-Archives-Salt: 9a2fc193-128c-4e73-84d7-922cf047e202 X-Archives-Hash: 830b9a4a8d4288d115106f8cf5383fa2 Christian Hoenig wrote: > Hi, > > > >>The release of Portage 2.0.51 could be a major news item. > > > I don't know if this has been discussed elsewhere or if i missed another > statement on this... > > Why is portage using such a strange naming scheme? Why are we only increasing > ´build numbers´? As this seems to be a major release, why don´t we make a 2.1 > out of it? > What are the plans considering the naming scheme? > > Too many ´Whys´? > > tell me :-) 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. -- Andrew Gaffney Network Administrator Skyline Aeronautics, LLC. 636-357-1548 -- gentoo-portage-dev@gentoo.org mailing list