Date: Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:29:46 -0500 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Use of newest version number such as 10.0 instead of current Message-ID: <CAOgwaMv=wUb11AYwJ_RN1x1p0DGtZb6pJ4cb8R6v0ySYiNTjRw@mail.gmail.com>
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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
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