Re: ROCK Linux (this space intentionally left blank) Release Candidate 2

On 13.07.2006 21:20:30, Thomas fake Jakobi wrote:
> using rocket update will work in the next RC, the regarding patch is 
> already in Submaster. Please, remember to increase the extraversion  if 
> you alter a package in a way that has effects on the resulting .gem and 
> does not include a package version upgrade! (this is also a reminder to 
> myself 8)

That should really be a pre-install hook!

#!/bin/bash
< get diff into tmpfile >
if [ $( grep -cv '^[-+].cache' $tmp ) ] ; then
	if ! grep -q '^\[V\] ; then
		echo "ERROR! Version must change!" > &2
		exit 1
	fi
fi

exit 0

Or something like that. I don't know how the version could sanely be updated
automatically, though.

> > I'm currently undecided on version numbering, and I'd be pretty happy with 
> > both a major.minor and a revision based scheme. But I think we should keep in 
> > mind that major.minor schemes are often used to convey additional information 
> > (such as binary compatibility), so if a numbering scheme doesn't have a 
> > special meaning, it could be discarded altogether to avoid confusion, imo.
> 
> how about we just call it ROCK Linux 3 ? There are lost of numbers, and if
> we only use major numbers, we can't suggest any compatibility. This would
> leave us the option to do major.minor releases if we want (and if manpower
> increases).

Agreed. Since we previously used the Major.Minor scheme, just dropping the
.Minor part probably will not create confusion. Especially since we keep the
numbers in order (ie: last one: 2.0, next: 3).


Greetings,
	Benjamin
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