Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:29:48 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Use of newest version number such as 10.0 instead of current Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1111111226010.882@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMv=wUb11AYwJ_RN1x1p0DGtZb6pJ4cb8R6v0ySYiNTjRw@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOgwaMv=wUb11AYwJ_RN1x1p0DGtZb6pJ4cb8R6v0ySYiNTjRw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > Dear all , > > Instead of using Current and then renaming everything for a new version > number , > is it not possible to use the newest version number in place of Current > when it is branched . > > Such a change will prevent unnecessary renaming problems . > > > For everyone , it i very easy to understand that 10.0 is the latest , > therefore the current one . > > The current may be used as a symbolic link to the newest version number , > such as used by Debian . > > > For example , for FreeBSD 9.0 RC1 , the ports directory name was > > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/amd64/packages-9-current/Latest/ > > > which is NOT available now , and > > > pkg_add -r * > > is giving error about directory not found . > > > This is preventing testing and / or using efforts . > > > I know , it is possible to rename local link names , but > everyone is not so much knowledgeable . I'm not sure I understand your proposal. In a month (er, two. well, maybe three) when 9.0 is released, do you propose that the svn HEAD be called: (a) 10.0 (b) 9-CURRENT (c) CURRENT (d) something else I do not realy care for either (a) or (b), since (a) would imply that the version is not changing, even as incompatible KBI/ABI changes are made. Likewise for (b), once the KBI/ABI changes, HEAD is decidedly no longer a form of '9'. -Ben Kaduk
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