Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 10:19:04 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Will Andrews <andrews@technologist.com> Cc: Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami <asami@FreeBSD.ORG>, Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>, ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Proposal: PORTREVISION and PORTEPOCH Message-ID: <200008291719.e7THJ4C19240@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> In-Reply-To: <20000828205253.Q73638@radon.gryphonsoft.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008200434470.24448-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> <vqc4s44oocq.fsf@bubble.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000828202407.N73638@radon.gryphonsoft.com> <vqcn1hwn8gw.fsf@bubble.hip.berkeley.edu> <20000828205253.Q73638@radon.gryphonsoft.com>
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--==_Exmh_801383136P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Will Andrews wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 06:48:15PM -0700, Satoshi - Ports Wraith - Asami wrot > e: > > Um, '.' won't work because PORTEPOCH could be there without > > PORTREVISION, making it indistinguishable with normal version numbers. > > Hehe, oops. :) Yes, having unique delimiters makes it substantially easier to parse these version strings. I have some code for pkg_version that handles what Kris was proposing, awaiting further discussion of these ideas. > > Ok. I hope you will follow through with it, this wouldn't be the > > first time (or second time) someone proposed something like > > this.... ;) > > Yeah, I know. But this time I think I hit the jackpot on how to solve a > large number of ports problems. :> > > I need to get my thoughts together, so please don't ask me exactly what > I'm thinking of doing, in any form. ;) I'm looking forward to hearing these thoughts, since I need to deal with them in pkg_version. (Not that pkg_version was intended to solve the upgrade problem, but a lot of people sure seem to want to use it as such, with sometimes disastrous results.) (If your solution involves replacing pkg_version with something that's less of a hack, that's fine too. It's gotten way more use than it deserves.) Bruce. --==_Exmh_801383136P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: yFIGhHezg5JgLUni8XT+7zk3VSi5AS7a iQA/AwUBOavwiNjKMXFboFLDEQJoLwCgtV2rnt7/jGOdmlVxJO6eJQ8q7a0AoJF1 E+g0j4sueSiZCIntUYLk5KH9 =lvQx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_801383136P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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