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Date:      Fri, 09 Jul 1999 08:35:41 +0200
From:      Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@scc.nl>
To:        Tim Vanderhoek <vanderh@ecf.utoronto.ca>
Cc:        Nik Clayton <nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk>, obrien@FreeBSD.org, Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/linux-base-5.2 - Imported sources
Message-ID:  <3785983D.EF769633@scc.nl>
References:  <6514.931435144@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <3784953E.20F2005E@scc.nl> <19990708114649.A67400@dragon.nuxi.com> <3784FA51.639E1920@scc.nl> <19990708223740.A3633@catkin.nothing-going-on.org> <19990708220450.C29714@mad>

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Tim Vanderhoek wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 10:37:40PM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 09:21:53PM +0200, Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> > > That's why the port is call linux-* instead of redhat-*. It's not RH
> 
> > >                                  We also don't need 2 ports (or more for
> > > that matter), I just want to get a new version out in the open before I
> > > nuke the old one.
> 
> If this is your only goal, then the port naming was even more wrong
> than was at first apparent.
> 
> You should name one of the "linux-base" and one of them
> "linux-base-devel" if your reason for having 2 ports is as above.

I think there's a misunderstanding:
linux-devel has nothing to do with versioning. It's the port that adds
development tools. With versioning you would get:
linux-base-5.2
linux-base-6.0
linux-devel-5.2
linux-devel-6.0

> I can explain the reasons that the ports system usually uses the above
> convention, if you want.

That's not needed anymore. I'm dropping the version numbering altogether.
There will just be a linux-base and a linux-devel. New versions will
overwrite/upgrade old versions. I just hope I don't have to say "I told you
so" :-)

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Marcel Moolenaar                                  mailto:marcel@scc.nl
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