Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 17:50:37 -0400 From: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> To: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Indicating patch levels Message-ID: <20000815175037.J4306@argon.gryphonsoft.com> In-Reply-To: <399A00BF.68B39523@thehousleys.net>; from jim@thehousleys.net on Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:47:27PM -0400 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008151919200.43132-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <399A00BF.68B39523@thehousleys.net>
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:47:27PM -0400, James Housley wrote:
> 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.
Yes, unfortunately. However, if it is a patchlevel, you could also
consider ``1.4pl2'', which is greater than 1.4 but less than 1.4.1.
This would be acceptable under Ports Collection's PKGNAME rules.
Hyphens are not allowed because they conflict with
${PORTNAME}-${PORTVERSION}.
Actually, maybe I forget why we don't allow hyphens...
> 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.
"Patchlevels" can be handled like I suggested, by suffixing letters then
another number, rather than using hyphens.
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