Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 17:15:28 -0400 From: Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, obrien@FreeBSD.org, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: linux-devel naming (was Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux-base-5.2...) Message-ID: <19990709171528.F84634@mad> In-Reply-To: <3785D165.61AC67BC@scc.nl>; from Marcel Moolenaar on Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 12:39:33PM %2B0200 References: <6514.931435144@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <3784953E.20F2005E@scc.nl> <19990708114649.A67400@dragon.nuxi.com> <3784FA51.639E1920@scc.nl> <19990708223740.A3633@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <19990708220450.C29714@mad> <3785983D.EF769633@scc.nl> <19990709054512.B84634@mad> <3785D165.61AC67BC@scc.nl>
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On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 12:39:33PM +0200, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > I think linux_devel is called that way because someone once though > underscores were a good idea (like linux_lib). Probably. I seem to remember it originally being msmith's baby, and he's an underscore junkie. ;-) > I've not committed linux-devel yet, so now is the time to decide if it > should be called that way because it replaces linux_devel, or that we > should think of an alternative to avoid confusion with common > -devel/-latest tags. If "linux-devel" is the same as the existing "linux_devel" except for being newer, then you should use "linux_devel-latest" or "linux_devel-devel". For obvious reasons, I strongly encourage the former. :) If they're really different ports, or if you think "linux_devel" is a misleading name (it probably is...), then you can use "xxx" and "xxx-latest". You then state port dependencies on either linux_devel-latest or linux_devel as appropriate. When all is ready, the port dependencies are changed (yes, this is a pita) and linux_devel-latest is repo-copied over to linux_devel. It's not really as complicated as it sounds. Honest. :) > largest number of people. If -latest is common and acceptable, then there's > still nothing lost. I can always use -lastest then. But that's for later. The -latest isn't common, but it's acceptable. :) Version numbers are also acceptable, just do them in the standard normal fashion!! There is no formal difference between them, just choose whichever style seems appropriate. -- This is my .signature which gets appended to the end of my messages. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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