Re: "Standard" version numbers (Re: SYSTEM package contradictions)

I guess we were being optimistic on the regular version thing.  I don't 
see any problem with going to a unique serial number instead and making 
the version number, if available, purely advisory.

- Jordan

On Monday, June 3, 2002, at 07:56AM, The Anarcat wrote:

> [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
>> implementation only describes what got implemented, and not even
>> correctly. :)
>>
>> On Sunday, June 2, 2002, at 07:00PM, The Anarcat wrote:
>>
>>> 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:
> [1]  http://usw4.freebsd.org/~libh/sysinstall2/x111.html
>
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Jordan K. Hubbard
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