From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 27 17:50:05 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 3AC481065670; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:50:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 481F68FC12; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:50:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwe3 with SMTP id 3so7067870wwe.31 for ; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:50:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=ZSJsMhkxNqE6PIXgfdfWFvkQ1JGQep66/+F5p07FS/0=; b=UKzdcsKPh7MJQ8Urh2EJGhAHFc0nFtPg4Bw9XXBbupPB9+RVh+AOlH/zHdCPF+SDwA s31j4WIu85+YZaEvUPbkIdKft1u7hdDGQDod9N+vXFzcWC5XZLIWa/iaFCxBoOApEyKA WlC3mRjskOXI0tTHbqCxy0ynvEOUSRx+vdvRk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.181.72 with SMTP id k50mr4432808wem.18.1317145801978; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.9.6 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.216.9.6 with HTTP; Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:50:01 -0500 Message-ID: From: Brandon Gooch To: Chris Rees Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, ade@freebsd.org, h h , "O. Hartmann" Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ports/ and 10.0-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: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:50:05 -0000 On Sep 27, 2011 10:04 AM, "Chris Rees" wrote: > > On 27 September 2011 10:18, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:28:49AM +0200, O. Hartmann wrote: > >> On 09/27/11 08:35, h h wrote: > >> >Kevin Oberman writes: > >> > > >> >>On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Ade Lovett wrote: > >> >> > >> >>>With the advent of the conversion of HEAD to 10.0-CURRENT and, as to be > >> >>>expected, ports/ is going to be essentially unusable for a while. > >> >>> > >> >>>The issue stems from configure scripts (to choose something completely > >> >>>at random) assuming that FreeBSD would never jump to a double-digit > >> >>>major version number, and as such, various regexps for "freebsd1*" (ie: > >> >>>FreeBSD 1.1.x) are now matching "freebsd10". > >> >[...] > >> >> > >> >>aDe, > >> >> > >> >>Could an entry to this effect be added to UPDATING (with a matching > >> >>entry when ports/ is "unbroken"). > >> > > >> >Also mention a workaround, e.g. > >> > > >> > $ export UNAME_r='9.9-BLAH' > >> > >> > >> Now I understand why some OS vendors have choosen the latin 10 'X' for > >> their tenth version of their operating system ... > > > > At least there will be a long rest after > > the move to 10 is complete.. until FreeBSD 100. > > > > > I'm afraid not; > > freebsd2*) > > We'll be just as screwed at 20. > > Hopefully we can fix that at the same time. > > Chris > Now is the moment we grab 'BSD', dropping the 'Free', and start fresh at a 1.x point... Rebrand and be more conservative with release numbering... Crazy right? Sorry for the noise... (Goes off to check the status of bsd.org) -Brandon