On Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:36:10 -0400 (EDT)
"Michael Sterrett -Mr. Bones.-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The ebuild howto has been clear on this topic for quite a while:
> 
> "The fourth subsection of the package name is the Gentoo
> Linux-specific revision number ({-r#}). This subsection, like the
> suffix, is also optional. # is a non-zero positive integer; e.g.,
> package-4.5.3-r3"

The ebuild howto is massively out of line with the tree and with the
package managers in that entire section. Whilst the ebuild howto might
be a nice starting point, it's in no way suitable for consulting for
either tree policy or package manager policy...

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh

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