commit: c487cdb2874911a5495f2f05dae89d4253fa260f Author: Michał Górny <mgorny <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Sun Aug 6 11:45:35 2017 +0000 Commit: Göktürk Yüksek <gokturk <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Mon Sep 25 04:10:26 2017 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/devmanual.git/commit/?id=c487cdb2
general-concepts/ebuild-revisions: Clearly define the purpose of revisions general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml index f2d7234..b0c0d97 100644 --- a/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml +++ b/general-concepts/ebuild-revisions/text.xml @@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ An ebuild with no explicit revision number has the implicit <c>-r0</c> revision. </p> +<p>Ebuild revisions usually serve two purposes:</p> +<ol> + <li> + keeping an older copy of an ebuild around when doing a potentially + breaking change, and + </li> + + <li> + propagating the rebuild of a package when performing a meaningful + change that would otherwise go unnoticed by users who have installed + the current version already. + </li> +</ol> + <p> Ebuilds should have their <c>-rX</c> incremented whenever a change is made which will make a substantial difference to what gets installed by the package <d/> by
