Raymond Xiong wrote: > On 03/24/08, Jim Walker wrote: >>> Interfaces >>> ========== >>> >>> SUNWerlang-r12b Uncommitted Package Name >>> SUNWerlang-r12b-doc Uncommitted Package Name >> Would more general SUNWerlang and SUNWerlang-doc package names >> be better? >> >> I don't see a need to track the version in the package names. >> It looks like around four new versions of erlang are released >> each year. > > Jim, > > Major new Erlang release came out every 1-2 years in the > past. I guess those versions you mentioned were patch releases. >
Right. I was thinking of patch releases. > > What I propose is to support multiple releases(ie., R11B, R12B) > and use the latest patch releases of them(ie., R11B-5, R12B-1). > For the purpose, separated package name and installation directory > is needed for each release. > This may be ok, to maintain backwards compatibility. Do you see a specific need to have older versions of erlang on a system instead of just having the most recent version? -jim
