On Mon February 2 2009, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 06:05:18PM +0100, Tommy[D] wrote: > > If i see it right, this is now a kernel patch, so distros would have to add > > it to their kernel and > > would have to maintain it here. With the cvs-Version, people could use the > > source to create a module > > and use that, independent of those people who create or maintain the > > kernel. So at least for users > > of source based distros, this looks like a step back to me. > That's what I said to when the base1 was released. But I received no answer > yet. > > > Additionally, the naming is also badly choosen, if someone wants to package > > it, since e.g. > > aufs2-base1-2.6.28 would be below the actual 2.6.27 release because of the > > sorting of the version > > string. > Furthermore, there might be no changes needed for a new kernel. > > > Can you create a package similar to the previous cvs source, which people > > can simply unpack, build > > against their kernel and then load as module including a better versioning? > That's what I would like to have, too. Just do it like udev, use 001 for the > first version, 002 for > the next, etc. Or simply use 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc. These are all good version > numbers (the 2nd type is > actually better because you can have a version 1.0 later [which in the first > case won't work because > eg. 002 > 1.0]). >
Using '-' as the field separator creates name parsing problems. Here is one naming system for modified mainstream code: https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA#Versioning > We just want a normal tarball, with the code. We want to build it externally. > That's > everything. > That would work - when you update the repository, just run a script to tar-ball 'head', post that. Mike > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com
