From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 11 12:29:48 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 E9D4B106566C for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:29:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-qw0-f47.google.com (mail-qw0-f47.google.com [209.85.216.47]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AAECC8FC13 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:29:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: by qabj40 with SMTP id j40so4112707qab.13 for ; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:29:48 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=S4hXh696wTg16zq2aqx0jxGqi/62fEU7i6Lv3eQZztc=; b=DyY5kbxT2EBhGMGxQM4m5DOurbdWwnV9Io7nksET7VZ9U92zsodEXTWXfY79DXTEzw hK/tK1ncRcNbU76vt652zuazruTuBaoxv9BpL5m6XT9kQC5GCh3EHgrevMEbdsA/VjkW tOZEkzgZU6ksnXF64CZ1nUyfDvzGS6EhKIo/Y= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.224.215.73 with SMTP id hd9mr8428525qab.94.1321014586563; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:29:46 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.224.73.195 with HTTP; Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:29:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:29:46 -0500 Message-ID: From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk To: freebsd-current Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: 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 12:29:49 -0000 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 . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk