From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from localhost (75-164-214-250.ptld.qwest.net [75.164.214.250]) by hurricane.the-brannons.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 424CC793F2; Sat, 7 Feb 2015 09:32:10 -0800 (PST) From: Chris Brannon To: Karl Dahlke , Edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com References: <20150106174819.eklhad@comcast.net> <20150207162404.GA26357@toaster.adamthompson.me.uk> Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 09:32:01 -0800 In-Reply-To: <20150207162404.GA26357@toaster.adamthompson.me.uk> (Adam Thompson's message of "Sat, 7 Feb 2015 16:24:04 +0000") Message-ID: <87bnl5r5ke.fsf@mushroom.localdomain> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Subject: Re: [Edbrowse-dev] 3.5.3 X-BeenThere: edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Edbrowse Development List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 17:32:10 -0000 Adam Thompson writes: > not least that it'll make version sorting (and version dependant package > managers) behave correctly (git sorts before release in sorting) > whereas 3.5.3 would probably sort *before* 3.5.3.git. I've been a distro packager for many years. If distros want to make experimental packages, then there are various ways to do that, and it all depends on the distro's package building machinery and policies. It can also be kind of frustrating. Using something like 3.5.3.git as a version string in a distro package manager is probably not the best approach, either, since the code in git is a moving target. So my instincts as a distro packager tell me to let the distros worry about how to package experimental code, since policies and machinery aren't standard. -- Chris