Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 22:47:27 -0400 From: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Indicating patch levels Message-ID: <399A00BF.68B39523@thehousleys.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008151919200.43132-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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Kris Kennaway wrote:
>
> On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, Will Andrews wrote:
>
> > Patchlevels are just indicated as a minor version bump. I.e., if
> > previous version was 1.6.3, and you now have patchlevel 1.6.3-2, we
> > indicate that with "1.6.3.2". Hence:
>
<snip>
> In other words, I'd like to add a LOCALVERSION which should be reset to 0
> with each "official" version upgrade, and incremented each time there's a
> local change to the content of the port, and packages would be named
> according to:
>
> ${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}-${LOCALVERSION}
>
This version (Linux-like) has one major advantage. If I port
TheEndAllSoftware V1.4 and make some changes it will become
TheEndAllSoftware-1.4.2.tgz. Then there is an official bug release
V1.4.1. It might look like we went backwards.
The the -${LOCALVERSION} method first there would be:
TheEndAllSoftware-1.4-2.tgz followed by TheEndAllSoftware-1.4.1.tgz and
less confusion.
Some ports lend them selves better to this then others and we need to
use it properly. There also should be modifications to add_package,
maybe, to support fetching newer version optionally if they exist. But
that is jumping too far ahead.
Jim
--
"...there's no idea that's so good you can't
ruin it with a few well-placed idiots."
-- Charles Spickman
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