Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:34:24 -0800 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Andreas Klemm <andreas@FreeBSD.org>, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: PORTVERSION=6.1 wrong in linux_base-62 ??? Message-ID: <20011115123424.B36113@kayak.xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20011115090311.C2084@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20011112060014.GA489@titan.klemm.gtn.com> <20011111232603.A14074@athlon.pn.xcllnt.net> <20011115090311.C2084@dragon.nuxi.com>
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On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 09:03:11AM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 11:26:03PM -0800, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 07:00:14AM +0100, Andreas Klemm wrote: > > > We have 3 linux_base ports: > > > > > > linux_base with PORTVERSION=6.1 > > > linux_base-6.2 with PORTVERSION=6.1 > > > linux_base with PORTVERSION=7 > > > > > > I think PORTVERSION has to be 6.2 in linux_base-6.2, or ? > > > > I think linux_base-6.2 should not have been created. There was > > no reason for... > > Yes there is. The "plain" port name should be the latest-and-greatest > port. Do you plan for the 6.2 version to last for a very long time, > beside the 7.1 version? I don't have any plans for the 6.2 port. I didn't even create the thing and as I said before it should not have been created at all. If so, then both ports should have a version > number (ie, like StarOffice, where there are strong reasons for the > separation). The linux_base-7 port has been created for that *exact* reason. There's just too much incompatibility between Linux (Red Hat) versions that I couldn't overwrite a perfectly good port with one that causes port-wide breakage. Hence linux_base-7. Another reason for the version is that applications are created for a specific releases and making the release (in this case Red Hat) explicit makes it in fact more easy for people to install the right port. > For linux_base, I don't see that need. The 7.1 version > should include any needed 6.2 "compat" libs(bits). No. The linux_base-7 port should install a minimal set of Red Hat 7.x packages. If Red Hat 7.x sucks, linux_base-7 will sucks. It's that simple... -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel@xcllnt.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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