commit: 43afeef731e1c1bfee0615c8257e5a75f715ce05 Author: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sun May 3 17:08:15 2015 +0000 Commit: Ulrich Müller <ulm <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Sun May 3 17:08:15 2015 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=43afeef7
Merge sentence about 9999 naming policy from Developer Handbook. This is taken from proj/en/devrel/handbook/hb-policy-ebuild.xml, section "Ebuild policy", subsection "CVS sources policy". Original author: hwoarang ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml index 6fed594..1e1f59c 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/file-format/text.xml @@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ an upcoming version, usually used when a release is anticipated but not out yet. is $(upcoming-version)_preYYYYMMDD. </p> +<p> +The policy for so-called <e>live</e> ebuilds +(see <uri link="::ebuild-writing/functions/src_unpack/#src_unpack-actions"/>) +is to use <c>9999</c> as the version (or as the last version component). +</p> + </body> </section>
