From owner-freebsd-libh Mon Jun 3 7:58:41 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org Received: from tomts24-srv.bellnexxia.net (tomts24.bellnexxia.net [209.226.175.187]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1363937B409 for ; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 07:58:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from shall.anarcat.ath.cx ([65.94.145.70]) by tomts24-srv.bellnexxia.net (InterMail vM.5.01.04.19 201-253-122-122-119-20020516) with ESMTP id <20020603145835.VSYR9770.tomts24-srv.bellnexxia.net@shall.anarcat.ath.cx>; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:58:35 -0400 Received: from lenny.anarcat.ath.cx (lenny.anarcat.ath.cx [192.168.0.4]) by shall.anarcat.ath.cx (Postfix) with SMTP id 891D3343; Mon, 3 Jun 2002 11:02:21 -0400 (EDT) Received: by lenny.anarcat.ath.cx (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:56:55 -0400 Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2002 10:56:55 -0400 From: The Anarcat To: Jordan K Hubbard Cc: libh@FreeBSD.ORG, Alexander Langer Subject: "Standard" version numbers (Re: SYSTEM package contradictions) Message-ID: <20020603145655.GB543@lenny.anarcat.ath.cx> References: <20020603020043.GF288@lenny.anarcat.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rJwd6BRFiFCcLxzm" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Sender: owner-freebsd-libh@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --rJwd6BRFiFCcLxzm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [1] says: "Feature version specification: regular version, serial number (integer), snapshot date (time_t GMT). Accessors to the feature type are in the Feature namespace." What's a "regular version"??? In my porting experience, I learned there's no way in hell we'll have "regular versions" to use from. It might be appropriate to just drop the regular version altogether and use serial numbers/snapshots dates for versioning. Regular versions could still be used symbolically. Otherwise we need to define a hardcore version scheme that will not cause too much trouble. We don't have that in ports right now. A. On Sun Jun 02, 2002 at 11:26:39PM -0700, Jordan K Hubbard wrote: > The package documentation describes the correct behavior. The=20 > implementation only describes what got implemented, and not even=20 > correctly. :) >=20 > On Sunday, June 2, 2002, at 07:00PM, The Anarcat wrote: >=20 > >4- what is the format of the "standard revision" feature element? x.y? > >x.y,z? And in any case, how should be interpreted the version of the > >FreeBSD (or OSNAME) feature? Footnotes:=20 [1] http://usw4.freebsd.org/~libh/sysinstall2/x111.html --=20 The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he who, by peddling second-rate technology, led them into it in the first place. - Douglas Adams (1952-2001) --rJwd6BRFiFCcLxzm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE8+4O2ttcWHAnWiGcRAsrNAJ489sZTM8Py7YWJZ+QAf0Cpkc4aRwCgl0ar uWlnKk7v5OGejnsLs1Y3Y5k= =RcUN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rJwd6BRFiFCcLxzm-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-libh" in the body of the message