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Package: base-files
Version: 9.2
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
i would like to get the version number of a debian distribution
consistently, regardless if on a stable or testing/unstable system.
in the past, it has been that unstable/testing generally does not have a
release number assigned, and that it would be only assigned relatively
shortly before a release.
however, "now" that debian seem to have a predictable version scheme
(where every new release gets a new major number, like 8 for jessie, 9
for stretch etc.), /etc/os-release imho should have a VERSION_ID=9 on
testing/unstable.
i checked with current fedora rawhide, they also assign it
(VERSION_ID=24) regardless the fact that it's not release yet. it seems
right to do that, and to track the 'is released or not' with another
mechanism than the sole existence (or absence) of a VERSION_ID.
therefore, please add corresponding VERSION and VERSION_ID values to
base-files in testing/unstable too.
Regards,
Daniel
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On Mon, 10 Aug 2015, Daniel Baumann wrote:
> Package: base-files
> Version: 9.2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> Hi,
>
> i would like to get the version number of a debian distribution
> consistently, regardless if on a stable or testing/unstable system.
>
> in the past, it has been that unstable/testing generally does not have a
> release number assigned, and that it would be only assigned relatively
> shortly before a release.
>
> however, "now" that debian seem to have a predictable version scheme
> (where every new release gets a new major number, like 8 for jessie, 9
> for stretch etc.), /etc/os-release imho should have a VERSION_ID=9 on
> testing/unstable.
Having a predictable version number scheme just means that we know for
sure that Debian stretch will be Debian 9 when released, but that in
no way means that it's ok to call it Debian 9 at this point.
I've talked with the release managers today, and they support what we
have been doing since a long time, namely, adding VERSION and VERSION_ID
only in the latest stage of development, usually, just before the freeze.
Moreover, the standard says: "Applications should not rely on these
fields to be set". See this for details:
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
If you were thinking about using VERSION to fix Bug #790860, please find
another way.
Thanks.
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