Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:23:35 +0200 From: George Kontostanos <gkontos.mail@gmail.com> To: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Use of newest version number such as 10.0 instead of current Message-ID: <CA%2BdUSyqwDy_AvaGkTcxPnT5tmxGF-x6Vg3va8uVTzmngRR%2BN1g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1111111226010.882@multics.mit.edu> References: <CAOgwaMv=wUb11AYwJ_RN1x1p0DGtZb6pJ4cb8R6v0ySYiNTjRw@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.GSO.1.10.1111111226010.882@multics.mit.edu>
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 7:29 PM, Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@mit.edu> 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
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