[Mageia-dev] [Mageia-sysadm] [496] update version in Makefile

Thu Feb 10 22:08:07 CET 2011

Op donderdag 10 februari 2011 21:32:37 schreef Dexter Morgan:
+> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 9:24 PM, Maarten Vanraes
+> 
+> <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
+> > Op donderdag 10 februari 2011 19:57:08 schreef Dexter Morgan:
+> >> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Maarten Vanraes
+> >> 
+> >> <maarten.vanraes at gmail.com> wrote:
+> >> > Op donderdag 10 februari 2011 10:34:48 schreef Samuel Verschelde:
+> >> >> Le jeudi 10 février 2011 10:15:59, Thierry Vignaud a écrit :
+> >> >> > On 9 February 2011 21:52,  <root at mageia.org> wrote:
+> >> >> > > update version in Makefile
+> >> >> > > 
+> >> >> > > Modified Paths
+> >> >> > > 
+> >> >> > > drakx/trunk/advertising/Makefile
+> >> >> > > 
+> >> >> > > Modified: drakx/trunk/advertising/Makefile
+> >> >> > > =================================================================
+> >> >> > > == --- drakx/trunk/advertising/Makefile      2011-02-09 20:24:08
+> >> >> > > UTC (rev 495) +++ drakx/trunk/advertising/Makefile    
+> >> >> > >  2011-02-09 20:52:01 UTC (rev 496) @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+> >> >> > > -VERSION = 2011.0
+> >> >> > > +VERSION = 1
+> >> >> > > 
+> >> >> > >  PRODUCT = drakx-installer-advertising
+> >> >> > 
+> >> >> > I don't know if that has already been discussed somewhere (at least
+> >> >> > I didn't remember it), since the "year.month" scheme is widely used
+> >> >> > (mandriva, ubuntu, phoronix, ...), why not stick with it?
+> >> >> > 
+> >> >> > on the other hand, "traditionnal" versioning is used by FC, Debian
+> >> >> > so I don't have strong opinion about any of these.
+> >> >> > WDYT?
+> >> >> 
+> >> >> I saw no public discussion about it (maybe in a meeting for which I
+> >> >> didn't read the logs). I like having the year in release version, but
+> >> >> I infered from what I saw that version 1 seems to be what has been
+> >> >> chosen. However, that may be to late to discuss since the alpha is
+> >> >> due in 5 days from now.
+> >> >> 
+> >> >> Samuel
+> >> > 
+> >> > i was under the opinion that people said "Release 1" as a temporary
+> >> > measure, until the discussion had been settled...
+> >> > 
+> >> > i too prefer the year in the release, makes it easier to remember.
+> >> 
+> >> i hardly see how this is easier to remember.
+> >> I really like the way fedora does F14, F15, ...
+> >> 
+> >> 
+> >> but this is just my opinion :)
+> > 
+> > well, tbf, will it be ok to have F143 in the future? it seems a bit ...
+> > languish ... to me.
+> 
+> and mageia 3501.1 is something better ? :)
+> 
+> come on  you have just personnal feeling here not something with arguments.
+
+if we're in the year 3501, then yes easier to remember.
+
+but indeed, this is all personal feelings and it has no arguments, except that 
+the current or last X years are easier to remember , rather then an abitrary 
+number.
+