On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Shawn Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Moinak Ghosh wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Alan Coopersmith
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Moinak Ghosh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   *) Why tie every package version into an ON build number. What sense
>>>>   it makes to refer to an ON build number for say Thunderbird ?
>>>
>>> None, which is why Thunderbird has the build number of the JDS build that
>>> produced it.   Of course, since we build all the consolidations in sync
>>> around the same biweekly Nevada schedule to produce the Nevada & Indiana
>>> distros, JDS & ON build numbers are both really just the Nevada WOS build
>>> number.    This has nothing to do with packaging and is all about our
>>> process for building our distro.
>>
>>   I understand that, been there done that. You mentioned the requirement
>> of the
>>   main distro. What if you want to have multiple deliverables,
>> distros or specialized
>>   appliance images delivered out of the same repo. Won't it be nice
>> to have a way
>>   to tying package revisions to releases of those as well. A separate
>> tagset will
>>   make that possible, instead of this:
>>
>>   pkg:/[EMAIL PROTECTED],5.11-0.97:20080905T010753Z
>
> For those of us not familiar with your particular delivery model, can you
> give specific examples and explanations.  In particular, I'm curious as to
> what you mean by "separate tagset".  Most of your concerns seem a bit
> premature given that it has been said over and over that the existing
> packaging and build numbering will be refactored at some later date.
>

   tagset = "onbuild=0.98,vrouter_build=0.1..."
   or some such.

> Most of what you see in the packages today is an artefact of Sun's internal
> build process, from what I understand, not some secret desire to complicate
> your life :-)
>

   I understand that fairly well :) Just voicing some concerns that popped
   up in our extensive discussions. As has come out of the ensuing discussions,
   a bunch are bugs/shortcomings that can be fixed but some are points where
   our viewpoints and thoughts differ - anyway.

Regards,
Moinak.

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