Not meaning to jump on Jason here, but his is simply the most recent post in this thread (reply is easy).....
I would argue that the problem this is seeking to address, is a speculative hypothesis at this point. That is, that adding a decimal to the release number will result in less confusion about which version is current in which architecture. If documentation is present to the fact that -x changes are to the pkgbuild only, and do not reflect a need to update or recompile (difference between x64 and i686), then the 'problem' is reduced. End user education is a key factor here. Nothing reduces such user error in the decimal system proposed. Adding an (-x.y) does not provides any mechanism to avoid the *same* user error we have now. The numbers will still be "off", it will just be *more* confusing and harder to provide easy distinction (in my opinion). To me this seems to be a solution in search of a problem. Why add what seems to me an arbitrary cosmetic that provides no perceivable benefit (arguably more complexity) to the system? Have we lost the KISS goal? Maybe I just do not understand what this is aiming to fix, or how it is going to go about fixing whatever that 'it' is... _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
