From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2813 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2004 03:29:52 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (156.56.111.197) by lists.gentoo.org with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 13 Aug 2004 03:29:52 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([156.56.111.196] helo=parrot.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BvSlK-0007m3-BW for arch-gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 03:29:50 +0000 Received: (qmail 10597 invoked by uid 89); 13 Aug 2004 03:29:41 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-releng-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail Reply-To: gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-releng@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 22957 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2004 03:29:39 +0000 From: John Davis Reply-To: john_davis@pauldavisautomation.com To: gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200408122008.26655.jhuebel@gentoo.org> References: <200408111331.30552.jhuebel@gentoo.org> <200408121836.12316.jhuebel@gentoo.org> <1092358337.25075.1.camel@woot.uberdavis.com> <200408122008.26655.jhuebel@gentoo.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-al16WNUrTseG+rWSqxUT" Organization: Paul Davis Automation, Inc. Message-Id: <1092367781.30631.27.camel@woot.uberdavis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:29:41 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at mail.pauldavisautomation.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: 2004.0 Profile Deprecated X-Archives-Salt: ed35bf4e-2fbf-4e9e-b77d-df3693fd349d X-Archives-Hash: 0314acad842f13175cdd23ca8222addf --=-al16WNUrTseG+rWSqxUT Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 21:08, Jason Huebel wrote: > On Thursday 12 August 2004 7:52 pm, John Davis wrote: > > I like the major versioning, but do we really need the minor versions? = I > > see that as a throwback to what we are doing now. The reason that I wan= t > > to drop release-based versioning is to avoid the needless replication o= f > > data since the profiles between same year releases are so similar. > > > > BTW - we really should start a GLEP about this ;) >=20 > Well, it's not that we have minor versions. Frankly there may be years w= here=20 > the first major version is all we need. But specifying that a revision=20 > number is the accepted minor version would simply eliminate confusion. I= =20 > don't see how we could get away from some type of minor version, consider= ing=20 > we had one significant profile change this year when we moved to xorg-x11= . I=20 > know that amd64 is planning to have at least one more significant change = when=20 > we move to gcc 3.4 in 2004.3. >=20 > As far as the GLEP, I think we should finish hashing it out here, then wr= ite=20 > it up. :-) This is a very constructive discussion so far. We could decide= to=20 > write the GLEP when things digress. ;-) >=20 > So, I still think using the year as the major version, with a revision nu= mber=20 > as the minor version (only for -r1 or greater) is a good way to go. But=20 > you're the head releng dude, so it's up to you. But I think we should at= =20 > least get away from using .1, .2, etc in the profiles. I can do with a revision number as the minor version, as long as it is the exception, not the rule ;) I agree as well that we should get away from the .x stuff. I am fine with the proposal that we have and am ready to GLEP it if there are no further comments. Thanks for the constructive discussion :) Cheers, --=20 John Davis Gentoo Linux Developer ---- GnuPG Public Key: Fingerprint: 4F9E 41F6 D072 5C1A 636C 2D46 B92C 4823 E281 41BB --=-al16WNUrTseG+rWSqxUT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBBHDWluSxII+KBQbsRAkKNAJ4qZTZcaPsKb7oIeXJHKRC5MQ/yzACffAUa Z7U8YPQAbSQvaS/1o/IJdBA= =lcSN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-al16WNUrTseG+rWSqxUT--