From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 11 22:23:37 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C93BF1065670 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:23:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gkontos.mail@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9502E8FC0A for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:23:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iakl21 with SMTP id l21so4475900iak.13 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:23:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=Si6kLYjPRrCMVJO7T4MLd83tGOJGShDrnTp2lUGHII4=; b=AoHjPPZYoWt3XTKQUH80vynNjS+mOlOENeqZGoZR1cSVkd5bFR2WIfzE5u446PRVEA Ymycpl7tMg2Cj0u5IsdDnJD99fiJrn5CTPAeJqyBZzduGGI04N8gOiuZDYjuGFLUQiL4 M7yakw0L1YiOfCV0LRMEr440pWd/yBlseN+B0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.170.105 with SMTP id al9mr14974336igc.28.1321050215644; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:23:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.231.34.140 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:23:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:23:35 +0200 Message-ID: From: George Kontostanos To: Benjamin Kaduk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-current Subject: Re: Use of newest version number such as 10.0 instead of current X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:23:37 -0000 On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Fri, 11 Nov 2011, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > >> Dear all , >> >> Instead of using Current and then renaming everything =A0for a new versi= on >> 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. =A0well, 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org= " > I think he suggests a) 10 BTW I follow both stable and current lists. I have noticed that people still ask questions in current regarding 9-RC(*) problems. Maybe if it was clear that current is now 10 this would not happen. Cheers, --=20 George Kontostanos Aicom telecoms ltd http://www.barebsd.com