On Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:29:32 +0100 Luca Barbato <lu_z...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > No it doesn't. _pre1, _pre2 etc does not accurately represent how > > upstream do releases. > > upstream is an undefined entity. We knows already upstreams that > follow a specific version numbering, that tag their release before > time and that even have playground branches where interesting&scary > thing happen, upstreams that keep everything on a single branch and > people doing something insane or worse. > > so NOTHING could represent something unpredictable.
No, but something can represent the most commonly used models. We can't do -scm packages for upstreams that do utterly crazy stuff anyway, so we'll stick to the reasonably sane ones. > > And GLEP 54 solves the entire thing. > > It lets you have foo-scm tracking master, foo-2.0-scm tracking the > > 2.0 branch and foo-1.0-scm tracking the 1.0 branch, and the > > ordering all works correctly. It's the only solution anyone's come > > up with that gets this right. > > That doesn't cover the "pu" case brought up by ferdy or another case > in which you plan to track a branch that isn't a version branch or > hasn't a version target, if you want to be strict. So scm solve the > same problem _live solves or plain usage of "property live" within > current ebuilds solves. Topic branches can be covered by use flags. 'pu' and 'master' both map onto a single foo-scm package. Version-wise, 'pu' and 'master' are both the same, and their version is greater than any existing release. GLEP 54 models this correctly. > In short any proposal that includes the "live property" gives you the > same benefits. The live template proposal gives added value to the > thing since it makes possible do more and something more useful since > the reduced scope of interest tracking upstream has in the end. How do I track an upstream who has a 0.34 branch (which is equal to or ahead of the most recent 0.34.x release), a 0.36 branch (which is equal to or ahead of the most recent 0.36.x release) and a master branch (which is ahead of any release) using the live property? -- Ciaran McCreesh
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