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

Maarten Vanraes maarten.vanraes at gmail.com
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.


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